Summer 2011: Anna

[Svartfreja]

Summer! The perfect time for picnics and long walks and sight seeing and taking lots of pictures! So why didn't she feel like doing any of those things?

Anna stared out of the window, her chin in her hand, chewing the inside of her cheek. All that space. Space that would normally delight and enchant her now filled her with dread.

It didn't matter how many times she told herself it was safe there. She didn't believe it anymore. Couldn't.

She turned her gaze to the corner of the room where her surfboard sat propped up against the wall. 'Stupid scary crap....' she sighed and got up.

Picking up her board, she decided to try the DR. She figured she could cope with outside that was actually inside. Well, she hoped.

[Svartfreja]

Anna: Anna sttod at the cooker, poking at sausages with a fork and trying to get them to cook evenly on all sides. She was also contemplating adding bacon to the pan if only to stop the sausages rolling all over the place. "Ow! fucker!" a sausage had spat and hit her with a glob of fat from the pan, "Evil bastards!" she shook her fist at them then rubbed the point on her arm where the hot fat had landed.

Wade: Wade peeked in head into the kitchen, "Did someone call me?"

Anna: Anna looked round, "Oh hi Wade!" she grinned then swore again, "Bloody bastards!" she jabbed at them with her fork, "The sausages are out to get me today.... wanna help me kill them?"

Wade: Wade squinted his eyes, putting on his serious face, "Sausages, the big brother of weinies. A tougher foe than any other." he pushed the door open and walked in, ending up next to Anna, "Anything worse than that is bratwurst.....my arch nemesis..." he looked into the far off void when saying that.

Anna: Anna giggled, "Yeah anything you cook in a frying pan has the potential for evilness but only sausages and fried eggs take up the challenge.... speaking of... where did I put... oh..." she spotted the eggs on the floor. Well and truely broken. "Ooops... didn't even see them go..."

Wade: "Don't worry, up until you just mentioned it, I, for some strange reason, didn't notice them either.....very peculiar.....and why am I using the word peculiar instead of weird like any normal american would use....strange..," Wade's pondering stopped when he opened the fridge, "How many eggs?"

Anna: "Well I was going to have two but if you want some get however many you want too." She brandished her fork threateningly at the sasuages, "Do that again and so help me!" she glared at the offending bits of dead pig.

Wade: "Oh! I want some swine slices to go with my prechicks!" Wade said excitedly, bringing a carton of eggs and a pack of bacon. "You see, the secret of not dropping them is to carry them all in a basket, and not seperately as people might think." he gave a sagely nod.

Anna: Anna grinned, "Yeah I realise that now," she poked the sausages some more, "just toss in the bacon, we'll figure out the eggs in a minute." She pulled her sleeves down over her hands, "There, try it now you little buggers!" she stuck her tongue out at the sausages. The realised something, Wade seemed different again. She frowned.

Wade: "Have at thee! Bacon power!" Wade yelled with much fury, casting his level 3 bacon spell at the offending sausages. The slices sizzled with pride next to the sausages. "That should tame them." he said, and went to put the rest of the bacon back.

Anna: Anna laughed and patted the bacon with her fork, "So... how are you anyway?" she figured she should get that out of the way, especially since she'd been worrying so much about it.

Wade: "Relaxed, good, hot, likeable, funny, to a certain point, but other than that glad that I don't have to put those patches on me anymore. They finally was able to determine I was 'human'. " he said, finger quoting human. "I never knew how many stuff I could cut myself at or stub my toe on until my healing went poof away."

Anna: Anna glanced at him, "You mean all my clumsies hadn't given you a clue?" a small smile on her lips, "And it's good you got registered and stuff, now you can do your job and stuff." She turned the bacon over, "Glad you're good though." she smiled at him.

Wade: "Oh, by the way," Wade looked shiftily around, "I found out what was so special about the stuff the chemical place wanted to keep sending through our company. Wanna know what it is?" He hunched over trying to look as secretive as possible.

Anna: "Oooh a secret?!" Anna eagerly leaned closer, "Do tell!"

Wade: He leaned in, cover his mouth at her ear, and whispered, "Sperrrrrrm."

Anna: Anna giggled, "Ewww...." She turned a little to grin at him, "Wonder what they do with it all..." then she decided she didn't want to know and wrinkled her nose.

Wade: He looked shiftily and slyly around once more, his eyes going from one side to another, "I know what they do with it, and it's a bigger secret than what the packages are. You wanna know? Remember, big guys in black suits and glasses might end up erasing your memory if you find out." he said.

Anna: Anna raised her eyebrows, "Hmm... I'll bet there are a few things in there I won't miss...."

Wade: Wade gestured with his finger, "Come a little closer and I'll tell you all the gory details." He grinned evilly.

Anna: Mometarily forgetting the frying pan, Anna did as bid and leaned closer.

Wade: He leaned in again, whispering once again, and spoke slowly. "First they take the semen, and put it on this strange stick....and....then.....stick it in your ear." he said the last bit quickly, as he stuck his wet licked finger in her ear. "Beware the wet willy." he crackily said.

Anna: "Argh!" Anna shrieked and put her hand over her ear, "Ewwwww Wade!" she swatted his arm with her fork, "Ewwwwww...." she rubbed her ear a bit.

Wade: Wade laughed heartily, "Oooh, feels so good when a plan comes together." he sighed, breathing in and then added, "Bacon's starting to get crispy on that side, how's the sausage, has it yielded yet to your forkly powers?"

Anna: "Oh yeah the food!" Anna peered into the pan, "It's looking good... probably can do something with the eggs now." She looked around trying to remember where the plates were and wondered if she could get some out before the eggs were done then she realised she didn't need to, "Can you get some plates?"

Wade: "What? And mess the plates. Fine, but remember, these floors get so squeeky clean that you can eat off of them." He joked, getting out a plate for each of them, "Toast?" he asked out of the blue.

Anna: "Mmm toast..." she looked down at the eggy mess on the floor, "Shouldn't probably try and eat of the floors now considering..." she gestured at the eggs, "She broke some eggs into the pan and found a spatula to seperate them when they were partially cooked.

Wade: "Oh yeah, forgot about those. Sohuldn't someone pick that up before a non healer get, I don't know, chicken flu or something?" he asked, putting two slices in the toaster.

Anna: "Maybe...." She poked a the food a bit, "This is nearly done though so cleaning can wait." She grinned up at Wade.

Wade: There was sizzling from the pan while the two waited for the toast, which popped so hard that one of the toasts landed on the counter. "Hmm.....I need to fix that. The other didn't get nearly as high." Wade said, putting a slice of toast in each plate.

Anna: Anna laughed, "Yeah it's more fun if you have to catch them before they hit the floor." She turned the heat off and picked up the pan to tip the various fried goodies onto the plate. "There we go. Want some ketchup?" She put the pan down and went to the cupboard.

Wade: "Oh goody, red liquid that isn't blood, yes please." he answered, taking it when she handed it over, squirting some on the eggs, "So what's up for your agenda today?"

Anna: Anna sat down on her chair and added her own ketchup then tucked in to her food. She shrugged a little at Wade's question, "Don't know... was thinking about some more surfing in the DR but... well... I think I should maybe work on the teke some more." She frowned, "I dunno... too many options..."

Wade: "Tak?" he asked with a mouthful of bacon, swallowing and then asked again, "Teke? You do telekinesis too? As in move stuff with your mind?" He licked his fork.

Anna: Anna nodded, "Yeah... well kind of...." she skewered a sausage and bit into it after dipping it into some sauce, "I haven't consciously been able to do much more than lift a pencil but it's acted on its own a lot - stopped me dropping cups of coffee and getting my face smashed in by a massive spikey log." She cut up some egg.

Wade: "Sure, sure, catching cups, lifting pencils, stopping huge spikey logs is one thing, but....can you bend a spoon? Ah? Huh?" he asked, grinning stupidly.

Anna: Anna cracked a grin, "Dunno... shall I try?" she leaned back to reach for the cutlery drawer.

Wade: "No need, I have my trusty spoon right here," Wade said, pulling out a teaspoon from his pant's leg pocket. "It's always there for when I need to eat yogurt. I love you spoon." he said intimately to Ms Spoon. "Now get bent!" he added with much glee putting it on the table.

Anna: "Wow always prepared, huh?" she grinned and looked at the spoon, she picked it up and started at it for a little while, trying to force it to bend with her teke but also hoping she could bend it back afterwards.

Wade: Wade stared intently at the spoon. Things was silent for a small while before the spoon started wobbling a little on its own, Wade humming the X-Files theme as he watched it starting to bend, the head looking like it was nodding towards them. "It's alive.....It's alive!"

Anna: Anna grinned, "Oooh I did it!" she looked at the slightly twisted spoon, "Er... did you want it back?"

Wade: "Heck no, I'm keeping this baby just like this. Hmm....I wonder if it'll get a hefty price on e-bay...oh wait no, I already tried selling bent spoons. No, I'm keeping Ms Spoon for myself. Ah hell, let's see you straighten it back to normal, just because it's fun."

Anna: "I'll try," She concentrated on the spoon again, "It's harder to fix bent things even with your hands though...." Wait that didn't sound like it had in her head. She blushed a little.

Wade: "Oh I got enough faith in that noggin' of yours that you'll get that spoon back up and straight and rigid using your head." That funny enough sounded exactly outloud how it did in his head.

Anna: Anna's blush deepened, "Er.... yeah..." And now concentrating was hard work.

Wade: there was dead silence for a while. "I wish I had a cricket for moments like these. Or maybe a tumbleweedd that could blow through here."

Anna: Anna grinned, "Yeah, it'd be handy for the awkward silences...." There was a little movement on the spoon.

Wade: "Come on, yes, come on, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yes, yes! And it's done." he said picking up the spoon and looking it down the length, "curves slightly to the left, but that only makes it so much more special."

Anna: Anna giggled, "Yeah..." she finished her food trying to will the blush away.

Wade: "Hmm, maybe you should have turned it into a teaspork. That would have been precious. Turn Ms Spoon into some kind of a cutlery hermaphrodite." He said.

Anna: Anna snorted, "Ha! Yeah that'd be cool! But I don't think I can do that," she smiled, "That'd be something to work towards... that and trying to lift myself up."

Wade: "I can always put on my black ninja outfit and lift you up in a dark room making it look like you're lifting yourself with teke. Then again there's always the idea for wires hoisting you up. That is, if you wanna skip the whole actual telekinesis thing and just go for good old brute strength." he offered, finally finishing up with his own food.

Anna: "That might be the way to go if I fail dismally." She grinned, "Bet you could lift me easy. I'm little."

Wade: "With my pinky." he said seriously, "if there are some pulleys and levers added into the mix, otherwise it'll have to be with my whole arm, which isn't that big of a showoff."

Anna: Anna smiled, "It would be - I've only ever been lifted by paramedics before and there's always more than one of them." She nodded sagely.

Wade: "Paramedics never see eye to eye with me, they're all 'but it's not supposed to bend that way' and I'm all 'I know, I know, that's what makes it so cool'. It's like they know more about my boy than I do."

Anna: Anna raised an eyebrow, "Er.... yeah...." She wasn't sure what he was talking about and didn't want to think about it too much just in case, "They knew me by sight and they knew my parents voices, that's how often we had to call them." She grinned, "I got the scars to prove it only mine won't go away...."

Wade: "Oh yeah, I'm starting my scar collection all over again, I already got a cut on my foot, because I tried not stubbing my toe and ended up cutting it on a sharp edge, which was not cool, because I didn't have my healing to clean up my mess, and the cuts on my arm, which I just did to test out if the healing went away or not. Looky looky, tic tac toe on my arm! Well, just the lines for a game of tic tac toe." he said, showing it.

Anna: Anna laughed, "Cool!" oh wait, "Oh that probably hurt though, huh?" She forgot most people felt pain properly.

Wade: "Well, the less and less my power went down, the more it hurt, but that was after the cuts were made...no wait, the pain really set in with the last line, now that was a doozy."

Anna: Anna winced in sympathy, "Awww.... but at least it's better now!" she perked up a little.

Wade: He gave puppy eyes at her, wibbling his lips and nodding in agreement. His mood shot back to normal, "This was a really nice breakfast date I ever had. Come to think of it, this is my first breakfast date. Always thought it was a nightly thing."

Anna: Anna's eyebrows shot up, "Er... yeah..." Date? Who said that? What just happened? "Nice...."

Wade: "We really should do this again, second dates tend to be better than first dates, and seeing the first one was this nice, the second one would be mindblowing. Pun intended....you know, seeing that you used your telekinetic powers....with yout mind......get it?"

Anna: "Heheyeah...." I'm confused now... should I ask? No. Don't ask... "Second date? Er... sure...?"

Wade: "As the little voice in my head would say to something like this, awesome," Awesome., "Now what can we do, hmm, think Wade, think." he said to himself as he stood up and took his and her plate to the dishwasher.

Anna: Anna picked up a papertowel to clean up the eggs on the floor, "Let's have some fun!" She straightened up and tossed the papertowel into the bin.

Wade: "Oooh, you said something about surfing, how about that? You know how to surf, I saw people on the tv surf, it's perfect!" he said and helped clean up the rest of the mess, which was surprisingly not that much.

Anna: "Of course I know how to surf - I have my own board!" She grinned, happy to be back on familiar territory now, "Do you know how? I can teach if you don't!"

Wade: "Don't worry, I saw Point Break, I know how to surf." No you don't. "No wait, no I don't, you'll teach me how to surf." he corrected himself.

Anna: Anna giggled, "Okay then, we'll do that!" she bounced over to the door, "I'll go and get my board and get changed and meet you by the DR, okay? Wear swimming clothes and bring a towel."

Wade: Wow, she moves fast. Already on the second date and the first date's food hasn't settled yet. "Rowr" he said. "I mean, yeah, sure, right behind you...up until I need to get to my own room....then we'll meet in the DR. Yeah, that's the plan." he kept talking, even though she already disappeared out the door.

[Raven Hare]

Hmm. Hope Anna's not biting off more than she can chew! lol!

[Svartfreja]

Anna: Anna set up the music stand and made herself comfortable, pulling her harp closer to her. She'd already checked it was still in tune. It'd been such a long time since she'd played. She ran a hand along the strings, smiling at the sound.

Anna: She turned a little, straightened her posture and began to play.

Hepzibah: "Any other time I wouldn't be able to take a step without her tripping over my tail!" Hepz muttered to herself tracking Anna's unique scent. As the scent got stronger, so did a sound. The sound of strings drifted down the hallway from the...what room was that? The music room??

Hepzibah: Hepz stopped outside the doorway and watched Anna playing a harp. This was either going to be beautiful or disasterous...

Anna: Anna followed the music, tapping out the time with her foot and humming along because she'd forgotton half of the words.

Hepzibah: Leaning against the doorway, Hepz smiled and listened. Anna had a talent for the harp. The feline's tail unconsciously twitched in time with the music, waiting for the pleasant tune to end.

Anna: Anna finally reached the end of her song and stopped to turn the page for the next one. It felt nice to play again. Made her happy.

Hepzibah: "Very nice." Hepz smiled and nodded appreciatively. She kept her shoulder leaned against the doorway, waiting for Anna to look up and acknowlege her.

Anna: Anna gave a little jolt of surprise and looked round, "Holy Shit! Hepzi!" She jummped up, falling over her chair but managing to steady herself with the help of her teke. She ran to Hepz and gave her a hug, "When did you get back?! I knew you wouldn't stay away!"

Hepzibah: Hepzibah burst out laughing as the two girls hugged. "Just knew I couldn't stay away?" She gave Anna a squeeze and back away. She motioned to the chair laying on its side. "You're getting pretty good with the teke. Pretty soon, I'm not going to be able to poke fun at you and your clumsiness."

Anna: Anna grinned, "Yeah it's useful - I don't even do it on purpose, it acts on its own!" she bent to pick the chair up, "SO what made you return? Apart from the fact that this place is awesome and full of amazing people... plus me."

Hepzibah: her slitted cat's eyes narrowed at Anna. "Funny you should ask." She smirked and leaned back against the doorframe once more. "You are."

Anna: Anna blinked, "I am? Wow... I was only joking.... er... yay me?"

Hepzibah: "When you healed up my hand, you also rewired my brain." She kept her voice carefully neutral as she flexed the hand that Anna healed up for her after she smashed it into a glass coffee pot.

Anna: "Oh I did?... Er... sorry?" Damnit! I really need to work on this.... "You know I didn't mean to right?"

Hepzibah: Hepzibah let her neutral expression explode into a wide grin as she hugged Anna again. "Don't you dare be sorry!" she laughed. After a moment she released her. "It was my bad wiring that made me so freakin' crazy and dangerous. Now..." she gave a happy shrug. "I've still got a wicked temper, but now maybe I can control it instead of it controling me."

Anna: Anna beamed, "So I did good this time? Yay!" She bounced up and down, clapping her hands, "Oh good! I was worried you'd be mad or weird!"

Hepzibah: "You did good, sweetie. It's like I'm getting a second chance." Hepz nodded. "You have no idea how badly my brain had been messed with - or what it did to me." Her smile dropped to a slight frown. "Why would I be mad about that?"

Anna: Anna shrugged, "Don't know... just... I... I healed without asking. I know I asked about the hand thing but... that was an obvious injury.... It was like Wade all over again...."

Hepzibah: Her frown turned contemplative. Would some people actually object to being healed? Then she thought about Mayhem. Yes, she didn't understand why, but some would. "Well I, for one, am glad you did, Anna. I owe you." She knew she owed Anna a debt she wasn't sure she could ever repay.

Anna: Anna smiled at her, "Don't worry about it - it's enough that you came back. You gonna stick around now?"

Hepzibah: "Yup, unless I get kicked out because of my grades - I'm here to stay." Hepzibah grinned and stepped over to the piano. She played a quick, broken version of chopsticks.

Anna: Anna grinned at her, "Good!" She sat down again and plucked a few strings, "If you want to learn piano and play better stuff than that you can just ask," she grinned over her shoulder, "Do you like music?"

Hepzibah: "Almost anything has to be better than what I just played." Hepz laughed, then frowned at Anna's question. "You know, I never really thought about it. I like to hear it played well." She nodded to the dark haired girl's harp. "How long have you played?"

Anna: "Er..." Anna thought about it, "About six years. I think... maybe more, I forget how old I was when I started." She smiled, "It's fun though. I play a few instruments but the harp is my favourite."

Hepzibah: Hepz crouched on top of the baby grand piano and rested her chin in her hand. "Well, feel free to play some more," she encouraged, the tip of her tail unconsciously ticking like a metronome.

Anna: Anna smiled at her, "Okay, but I'm not used to an audience...." she felt herself begining to blush, "Think I maybe should have closed the door." She turned the page on her music book and began to play a traditional Irish tune.

Hepzibah: "My nose would have found you regardless." Hepz smirked and closed her eyes listening to Anna play her harp. It was a happy, bouncy tune and Hepz found her head bobbing in time.

Anna: Anna nodded, "Yeah..." she couldn't argue with that one though she did wonder what she smelled like. Instead of asking though she decided to sing the song she was playing - she could remember this one.

Hepzibah: "Seems like a lot of trouble to have a goat..." Hepz chuckled when Anna had finished.

Anna: Anna laughed, "Yeah, that's one of my favourite songs - it's just silly." She made a mental note to find her music for Delaney's Donkey too. "Have to love Irish music, I'm definately proud of that aspect of my heritage."

Hepzibah: "Well, it's definately as bouncy as you are!" The cat grinned. "You know, I didn't even realize school was out. What are going to do with your time off?"

Anna: Anna shrugged, "Don't know... surf in the DR? Spend time with Wade?" she pushed her harp back over to the corner, "Normally I'd do the picnicy stuff but... don't feel like it.." she wrinkled her nose.

Hepzibah: "Wade?" Hepzibah's ears perked up a little. This was a new development she hadn't heard of. "And since when do you not like to do picnicy stuff??" Anna loved outside almost as much as she and Kyle did.

Anna: Anna shrugged, "Dunno... guess since that night Kyle got blown up. Doesn't feel safe anymore." Truth be told she didn't really like any big open spaces much anymore, "Maybe if Wade wants to do something I'll consider it but until then the only outside I'm seeing is the artificial outside in the DR."

Hepzibah: Hepz's eyes turned a darker shade of green. "Yeah, I know what you mean. I thought Fido was a gonner for sure." The idea of someone being able to get into the school and cause so much damage made her a little ill. She forced her mind to other thoughts. "So...you and Wade?..." Her eyebrows waggled up a little.

Anna: Anna grinned through another blush, "Yeah... kinda... not really sure how it happened...." she really wasn't. "Not gonna complain though."

Hepzibah: Hepz grinned back. "Cool. Glad to hear it." She wasn't sure she would venture even a date with Wade. Hepz didn't think she'd have the energy to keep up with him or the self control to keep from slapping him. But - happy, bouncy Anna. She was a different story.

Anna: Anna pulled the cover over her harp and turned to put the music away followed by the music stand and the chair, "So... I think now it's food time. Want some food?"

Hepzibah: Stifling a yawn, Hepzibah nodded. "And some coffee with lots of cream." She hopped off the piano and landed effortlessly on the balls of her feet. "Come on. I'm buying." It felt good to be able to say that and mean it for once.

Anna: "Ohhh outside coffee, 'ey? You trying to fix me now?" she grinned and gave her a playful nudge. "Well alright but only because it's you."

Hepzibah: "I don't think there is a cure for Anna-ism." Hepz laughed. "And that's probably a good thing. There's enough dark, brooding types here already. Somebody needs to be happy!" She laughed and shut the music room door. "Now. Who's car shall we steal to go get our outside coffee?" Hepz chuckled, turning over all the possibities in her mind.

Anna: "Oooh we get to pilfer things too? I should hang out with you more often!"

Hepzibah: Hepz threw her arm around Anna's shoulders. "Anytime Anna." she grinned good naturedly. It felt good to be home.

[Svartfreja]

Anna: Anna finished up with her stretches and checked herself over. She still wished she had half a clue what the hell she was doing but maybe someone that did know would show up and not laugh at her later on.

Anna: She'd decided, after recent events, that she needed to train up a bit and learn how to protect herself in a more effective way than running and hoping she didn't fall on her face.

Anna: So now she was getting back into an exercise routine that didn't involve water and a board and she wasn't sure she was looking forward to it. But it was for the best. If she could protect herself she could go outside again.

Rogue: Rogue stretched her arms out as she came through the door, pausing at the sight of someone else already here. She frowned. What was Anna doing? Rogue leaned against the wall by the door, arms crossed, thumb twirling her ring around her finger as she watched.

Anna: Anna frowned at the swinging bag in front of her, it would be far easier if there was another person there. Maybe she should have invited Wade along... but that could get awkward. Hang on a minute... she turned having caught movement out of the corner of her eye.

Anna: "Oh! Rogue! Fantastic!" She grinned.

Rogue: Rogue's eyebrows arched up as she was noticed. She pushed away from the wall and walked towards her, "Hey, sug. Why am Ah 'fantastic'?"

Anna: Anna giggled, "Weeeell... you know basic hand to hand stuff right?"

Rogue: "Yeah... Ah never had a 'distance power'. Always had ta get up close an' personal. Why?"

Anna: "Good!" Anna bounced over to her, "Will you teach me? I really wanna learn!"

Rogue: Rogue took a step back at the bouncing, "Whoa there, darlin'. Ya don't know it already? How long ya been livin' here an' nobody's sparred with ya?"

Anna: "There's been sparring... sort of... normally it's like a crazy game of chase - my tactic is to run away. I don't wanna do that anymore." She chewed her lip, "Feel like a coward."

Rogue: "Yeah... Runnin' away ain't sparrin', hun." She shook her head and crossed her arms, "If all ya know how ta do is run away, ya got a lot ta learn. Why don't we start with tha basics? Gotta learn how ta warm up properly or ya won't learn anythin' else right an' y'all'd be cursin' me in tha mornin'. Hell, ya still might. It can be real strenuous."

Anna: "I can warm up well enough I used to dance a lot and I still surf in my free time - uses a lot of unusual muscles to do both so I learned the hard way." She smiled, "Aaaand now I have my teke to stop me falling over so there's a whole load of injuries I'll never see again. That's nice."

Rogue: "Ya used ta dance? Well that's good. How many grande battements can ya do in a row?"

Anna: Anna shrugged, "I don't know I'm out of practise now, haven't danced properly in about a year and a half. I had to quit because I kept falling over things on stage..." she blushed a little, "I'm hopeless really." she giggled, "But I can still stretch." to demonstrate she bent and put her palms flat on the floor while keeping her legs perfectly straight. "I can get lower... but sometimes I fall over so I won't."

Rogue: "Well, ya gonna get back in practice. Dancin' is a good basis f' fightin'. It helps keep ya light on ya feet." She stepped back and put her hands on her hips. "Gimme a hundred high kicks. Alternatin' legs. Need ya stamina up, too."

Anna: Anna's eyes widened, "A hundred?! You wanna kill me?!" She cracked a grin, "If you turn out like my old dance teacher it'll be really weird..."

Rogue: "Hey, what can Ah say? Ah'm a tough teacher. Got a high standard." She shrugged then nodded at her, "C'mon. Lemme see what ya got. A hundred o' 'em."

Anna: Anna sighed, sorted out her posture and balance and got started. "I gotta quit smoking..."

Rogue: "Unless ya have a healin' factor, ya shouldn't be smokin' in tha first place if ya wanna do this kinda stuff." She crossed her arms again and counted mentally the kicks Anna was doing. "Tha second ya start gettin' real winded, stop. Ah wanna know how good ya stamina is. If ya still feelin' fine at a hundred, keep goin'."

Anna: Anna rolled her eyes again, though really it wasn't so bad once she got the rhythm going. She got as far as 80 before she started to feel it. "Ok I think I should stop now...." She took a breath, "And no lectures, I know perfectly well how bad smoking is - I cured my uncle's cancer."

Rogue: Rogue waved her hand in the air back and forth, "Not bad. But not real good either." She moved around behind the punching bag and held it for her, "If ya did that, why do ya smoke still? Show me what ya got, hot stuff," she patted the side of the bag.

Anna: "I dunno... figure we all gotta die some time, may as well be in a way I choose." She gave a small shrug and turned to attack the punchbag. "I know I shouldn't but... well it's a nice stress relief, and we've had a stressful time here lately."

Rogue: "Ain't that tha truth." She frowned, not having to put much effort into holding the bag still. "Gal, Ah ain't got any kinda super strength anymore an' holdin' this bag still f' ya is easy. Make me work f' it."

Anna: Work for it 'ey? Anna grinned and started to throw her weight behind the punches and kicks. "How's that?" She didn't think it would make much difference, she wasn't exactly heavy and she was short too.

Rogue: Rogue had to adjust her footing some but beyond that, still didn't have to put much more effort into holding the bag. "Could do better."

Anna: "I know that but gimme a break I don't weigh much..." She wondered idly if she could maybe do something about that with teke but she hadn't the first idea how to try. While thinking she missed the bag altogether and would have fallen over from the momentum but she caught herself. "Whoops! Pay attention Anna."

Rogue: Rogue sighed and stepped away from the bag. "Alright. Weights. How much can ya lift? Curl? Bench?"

Anna: Anna shrugged, "No idea, never tried. But I'd hazard a guess that my legs are a lot stronger than my arms. Heaviest thing they have to lift is my harp and it has wheels..."

Rogue: "Alright, then we start with arm curls. Gotta get 'em up ta speed with ya legs." She moved to the free weights and picked up two twenty-five pound weights, holding them out for her.

Anna: Anna contemplated the weights, "You sure I can lift those?" she raised an eyebrow, wondering what she'd got herself into.

Rogue: "Nope."

Anna: "Well at least you're honest..." Anna reached to take the weights, her eyes widening when she realised how heavy they were, "Yeeesh, you make it look easy!"

Rogue: "Ah work out enough. Was a lot easier with powers. Trust me."

Rogue: Rogue picked up her own set of weights and started curls, showing Anna how to use them. "Start with five f' each arm. Take a short rest. Like thirty seconds short, then do it again."

Anna: Anna nodded and did as instructed, watching Rogue to make sure she was doing it right. She definately hadn't expected working out to be involved. She thought she'd just get taught how to toss people over her shoulder and that'd be that.

Rogue: Rogue kept going after five, doing fifteen reps on each arm. "That's a good start, sug. How's it goin'? Too heavy? Or ya want more weight?"

Anna: "Don't know... was heavy... doesn't seem to be now..." she thought for a moment and let go of a weight, "Oh now, there... this is silly." She poked the floating weight, "How the hell am I supposed to get all strong and stuff if my mutation doesn't want me to?"

Rogue: Rogue stopped and arched an eyebrow at Anna, "Ya need ta work on ya control o' ya telekinesis. Who's instructin' ya with that? Rae?"

Anna: "No one... well unless you count a very interested professor Styger." She poked the weight again and then plucked it out of the air, the nomal weight of it returning, "I don't know if I want to learn how to control it - so far all it's really done is save me from serious injury."

Rogue: "Ya need ta learn how ta control it. Trust me, not havin' control o' ya powers ain't a way ta live."

Anna: Anna frowned, "I know that... but I'm still working on the other one... I think I need to control that more than the teke."

Rogue: "Trust me. Healin' people ain't that bad. It's killin' 'em ya gotta worry 'bout." Rogue dropped the weights where they belonged and spun the ring on her finger as she moved to the leg press. "It's why Ah'm on tha patch."

Anna: Anna sighed, "I wish that was true... some people are a bit weird about being healed without permission and some are just weird after having been healed..." She shook herself, "I want to be able to touch people without having to worry if I'm going to cure something they didn't even know was wrong in the first place. It's horrible knowing you can do that... then there's whether or not to actually say anything."

Rogue: Rogue gave a bitter laugh and fixed the weights before sitting on the bench and starting to work her legs. "An' Ah wanted ta be able ta touch people without suckin' away their soul. Ah have no idea what y'all're complain' about." She glanced back, "Keep up with tha curls."

Anna: "I know something of what that's like - I can't touch Teagan at all, I think I could actually kill her if I held on long enough...." Anna chewed her lip, "Don't wanna hurt people." She kept lifting the weights and pausing after five like Rogue had told her.

Rogue: "Teagan. Makes one. Try anybody ya come in contact with. This patch is a God send."

Anna: Anna smiled at her, "Yeah... But I can control it if I work on it so I'm going to. First time I tried I bloodied up my clothes but it's getting easier with practise... oddly I think the teke helps..." She shrugged a little, "Can't you control yours?"

Rogue: "Nope. Never been able ta." She pushed the weights up and slowly lowered them back down. "So if ya wanna bitch 'bout not bein' able ta touch people 'cause ya heal 'em? Ya got tha wrong gal ta vent to." She did another. "So if the telekinesis helps, why not focus on gettin' control o' it?"

Anna: Anna waved a hand, "Okay I get it, life and death shit yeah yeah..." she gave Rogue a grin, "And I don't know why I don't want to control it really... just doesn't seem like a good idea... seems like instinct... or something..."

Rogue: "Well if it impairs ya from learnin' how ta make yaself a stronger fighter, ya need ta control it."

Anna: Anna shrugged, "Who knows why it did that? Maybe it thought I'd hurt myself... seems fine now." She grinned, "Hey do you suppose our powers would cancel eachother out?"

Rogue: "Doubt it. Ah mean, it seems logical, but mah powers ain't ever been such. 'Sides, Ah ain't got 'em anymore. Not really... Permanently on tha patch."

Anna: "Wow really? Doesn't that feel weird? I mean... you were invulnerable before, right?" Anna put the weights down and decided she wanted to try something else - messing with her teke.

Rogue: "Nah. Not really. An' Ah was only invulnerable 'cause o' somebody's powers Ah took. So this is just like goin' back ta how Ah was b'fore Ah was twelve."

Anna: "Wow... I think it'd be weird to suddenly be a normal person again... I mean we are normal but... well you know what I mean..." She'd adjusted pretty quick to having powers and, okay so it was annoying sometimes, but already she didn't know where she'd be without them. Probably prison.

Anna: She bent her knees and jumped up into the air, "Wheeeee!" her teke continued her ascent until she was high enough to touch the ceiling, "Hah! This is so much fun!"

Rogue: Rogue let the weights drop with a clang as she watched Anna float up to the ceiling. "Now, that? Ah miss. Flyin' was amazin'."

Anna: Anna grinned down at her, "Not sure this counts as flying. Levitation maybe.... hmm... how do I get down?... I really need to learn to plan ahead."

Rogue: "Same way ya got up, hun. Ya used ya teke ta get up there, right? So use it ta get down."

Anna: "I used my teke and my legs to get up... hmm..." she gave Rogue a mischievious grin then turned upside down. "Haha! It worked!!" she pushed off the ceiling with her legs and shot towards the ground, stopping before she landed on her head. "Wow! Fun!"

Rogue: "There ya go. Got that down pretty well, huh?" She stood up and moved to the mat, stretching out some while Anna played. "Ah wanna see how ya fight."

Anna: Anna managed to right herself and stood up, "Huh?"

Rogue: "Ya asked me ta help ya fight. We've done some workin' out an' strength trainin'. Now Ah gotta see where ya stand fightin' wise."

Anna: Anna gave this some thought then nodded, "Okay!" She bounced over to the mat, "So what do we do?"

Rogue: Rogue got in a fighting stance, "Attack me."

Anna: Anna blinked at her, "Attack you? Just like that??" She wasn't sure she'd get the hang of this if she was supposed to beat up people she liked.

Rogue: "Attack me or Ah'm gonna attack y'all. Ya choice." She shrugged, "C'mon."

Anna: Anna grimaced and swung a kick at Rogue, knowing that she was mostlikely going to regret it instantly.

Rogue: Rogue caught her leg and flipped her onto her back on the mat. "That was pathetic." She offered her a hand up, "Try again."

Anna: "You're lucky I'm trying hard not to use my teke, it probably would have caught me." She smiled and took Rogue's offered hand, shook herself off and tried again.

Rogue: Rogue swung under the kick and came up on the other side of Anna's leg, grabbing her nearest arm and pulling her in to her. Anna's arm was now trapped between her back and Rogue's front. "And ya get out how?"

Anna: Anna thought about it for a moment then decided some cheating was necessary. Teke to the rescue! She sprung up and flipped over Rogue, landing behind her, freeing her arm. She grinned.

Rogue: Rogue spun and was in a stance facing her automatically, but was grinning. "There ya go! Keep 'em comin'."

Anna: Anna tried for a low kick next, balancing with some of her weight on a hand on the mat, she was able to swing both legs at Rogue with the help of her teke. Odds were one of them would find a mark.

Rogue: Rogue backflipped out of the way and landed in a crouch, arching an eyebrow at Anna. "Move faster. Make ya teke push ya."

Anna: "You mean try and tackle you?" she knew her teke could carry her quite a distance - she'd dived out of the way of Hepzibah once in a sparring session but she didn't know if she could aim it well enough.

Rogue: "Well, sure if ya want. Ah just mean, let it help ya. Use ya teke ta push ya faster. If ya don't move faster, ya opponent can see tha move comin' from a mile away."

Anna: "Roger." She decided to try for a tackle and took off at a run to the side. Light on her feet already, her teke only made her quicker, she jumped and turned in the air, swinging around in an arc, aiming for Rogue's waist.

Rogue: Rogue stood her ground, letting out a breath right before impact, grabbing Anna's shoulders as they collided and she fell backwards. "Much better. Now try an' make it a lil less obvious. But ya were faster! Good!"

Anna: "Teke is fun!" Anna grinned at Rogue and got to her feet again, "I still don't think I'm likely to attack randomers though... maybe I should work on the avoidence bit - I want to be able to defend myself not attack other people."

Rogue: "Ya gonna need ta attack at some point." She pushed to stand and gestured at the expanse of the mat. "Get in a position an' get ready."

Anna: Anna didn't know what Rogue meant by 'get in position' so she tried to stand in a way that she hoped she'd be able to move quickly out of the way or not fall over if she couldn't move fast enough.

Rogue: Rogue rushed Anna when she looked ready enough, dropping down at the very last second to sweep Anna's legs out from under her.

Anna: Had it not been for her teke, Anna would have ended up on her ass or on her back but as it happened all she ended up doing was floating a couple of feet above the floor, halfway through the fall. "See, if I could control it I wouldn't have done this just now."

Rogue: "That's good though! Catchin' yaself like that. Even if it wasn't on purpose. But thinkin' we need ta make it on purpose..." She hopped up and put her hands out her hips. "Get ready again. But... lemme help ya with tha stance, alright? Ya gotta be more on tha defensive. Like this," she got in position.

Anna: Anna tried to copy Rogue, giggling a little because she felt silly.

Rogue: Rogue stood up straight and looked at Anna, "What's so funny?"

Anna: Anna grinned at her, "Sorry, I'm not good at being serious." She tried to put on a straight face. It didn't last long. "Just ignore me, I got the giggles."

Rogue: Rogue took a deep breath and shook her head. Well... If she wanted a lesson... Rogue whirled, grabbing Anna's wrist with one hand and spinning her around, crossing Anna's arms across her chest, picking her up and throwing them both to the ground, Anna under her.

Anna: Anna shrieked in surprise, and shut her eyes tight as the mat came towards her. There was definate impact there but there was no pressure. She took a careful peek and didn't see anything,

Rogue: Rogue let out a sharp breath as she hit the mat. "Where tha hell'd ya go?!" Greaaat. She stood up and frowned, hands on her hips. "Anna!"

Anna: Suddenly there was light,

Rogue: "Anna?!" Shit, where did she go?! Rogue paused and blinked hard a couple of times, thinking her vision had gone blurry. "Anna?" She tilted her head at the foggy looking mist and put her hands on her hips. "What tha hell?"

Anna: Anna was starting to panic. This wasn't in the manual. Why hadn't Tess mentioned this back when she'd told her about her teke? Or maybe this wasn't supposed to happen?

Rogue: Rogue stared at the mist and had an idea.

Anna: The voice surprised her, Then she realised,

Rogue: Ok, so that answered that question. Rogue gestured at what she thought was Anna.

Anna: Anna would have shrugged if she knew where here shoulders were,

Rogue:

Anna: Anna didn't know how to respond to that. It was hard to give someone a deadpan look when you had no face.

Rogue: Rogue put her hands up,

Anna: Anna would have frowned then but she did try, though it was difficult when she didn't even have a firm grasp on what she was trying to move. She managed to condense the mist a bit, Oh God what if this happens next time I sneeze?!

Rogue: Rogue frowned as it started to look a tiny bit like Anna again. "Open ya eyes, gal! It won't hurt nothin'..."

Anna: Anna slowly opened one eye and directed her vision down, "Oh thank Christ! I have feet!" She visibly relaxed, "I never want to do that again. Ever. That was the scariest thing that's ever happened to me and that includes hitting Rahne with a car."

Rogue: "That was...unexpected f' sure. Maybe ya should talk ta Bobby? He can do somethin' similiar. Ah ain't ever tried it with his powers, but Ah've seen him do it."

Anna: "That would mean doing it again and I just said I didn't want to... don't even know what the hell happened." She frowned then checked herself over to make sure she was indeed back in one piece, "Oh well, this'll really intrest the proff." she grinned.

Rogue: "Not necessarily. Just tell him what happened? Maybe he'd have an idea..." Rogue looked Anna over, "Think that's enough trainin' f' one day..."

Anna: "Yeah... probably... just in case...." the event had shaken her somewhat, more than her natural ability to bouce back could handle. "Think I'm gonna go have a shower and hope I don't dissolve...." she mumbled distractedly as she headed out of the room, "Hope I don't get a cold...."

Rogue: "Ah'm sure ya gonna be just fine, hun..." Rogue chewed her lip as she watched her walk off. That was interesting to say the least...

[Ult_Sm86]

She's a puffy cloud of awesome! YAY! Everything's coming together!!

[Svartfreja]

Benjamin: Ben looked at the plot of land by the woods he had picked for the apple trees and frowned. It wasn't that this was a bad patch of land to try and grow some apple trees, it was simply that he knew he was starting way too late. But with everything that had been going on... well, it wasn't easy. He looked to his little Red Flyer wagon filled with fertilizer, specifically for orchards, his shovel, and his other needs for this project.

Benjamin: "Why am I the only one interested in doing this stuff??" He wondered. He looked around for someone to borrow so he could get assistance bringing the small apple tree saplings over. They looked like Charlie Brown Christmas trees, it was quite frankly pathetic.

Anna: Anna stepped outside, feeling more than a little aprehensive, "So... what did you want to do? Sunbathe? Swim? Picnic?" She grinned at Wade, "Of course if it's a picnic you want we'll have to go right back inside and find food." Please say picnic...

Wade: "Well the thought of seeing you in bikini is quite delicious....and seeing myself in a swim trunks does sound good in a hot summer's day....relaxing, draining in the sun and some nice pina coladas..." Wade went into a dreamy moment, "Wait, what was the question again?"

Benjamin: Wade! And Anna! "Guys!" Ben called, waving from a distance. "Hold up!" He shot a string of web and yanked himself over to them. "You guys want to help me plant these apple trees? I'm trying to get our own apples grown here, and then eventually an entire vegetable garden." He pointed to the dirt pile near the woods.

Benjamin: "I'll make everyone burgers when we're done!" He bargained with a grin.

Anna: Anna yelped at the sudden appearance of Ben and clung to Wade, "Er... trees?" She looked at Wade, "Aww and I was hoping to get plastered and go for a swim." she grinned. Maybe she could cope with outside if she was doing something? "What do you think, Wade? Should we help the guy out?"

Wade: "My brain says no, but my gut says yes. Probably saying yes just to see you get all sweaty hot...hold on....I said that out loud, didn't I? Dang." Wade waved his hand front of Anna, "You did not hear that."

Anna: Anna giggled, "I did hear that." She gave him a playful nudge, then grinned at Ben, "Okay I think that's a yes we'll help you."

Benjamin: "Good. I promise, we can get plastered afterwards." He gave them a thumbs up. "Okay, so the little baby trees are over by the side of the greenhouse." He started walking and felt his pocket vibrate, soon followed by the Carmen Sandiego theme. Rachel... 'course...

Benjamin: "Okay, let's get the trees in the wheel barrels and put 'em over there, six trees, three wheel barrels, this works."

Wade: "Hold on there, Bennie Greenthumb, wouldn't life be easier if we just ate a couple apples and spit the seads over yonder?" Wade asked, "Manual labour is starting to sound like work."

Benjamin: "Well, if you want to do it that way, we can wait for a year or two for apples to grow. And for the bees to do their handywork. Or we could just plant the tree and have apples within six months. Worst case scenario, next season." He shrugged. "I've been a little busy, haven't been able to do this."

Anna: Anna grinned, "Don't worry we can cheat." She grasped one of the trees and lifted it into the wheelbarrow as though it weighed nothing. "I love teke." She picked up a second and plopped it down next tot he first then wheeled the lot over to the previously indicated patch of earth.

Wade: Wade had to do it the old fashioned Amish way and actually lift with his knees. They weren't actually that heavy, but it just sounded better when he said, "Lift with the kneeeeees...."

Benjamin: Ben felt his pocket vibrate again. It was the reminder, meaning the text that was sent was important. "Who wants to be Rachel is texting me to bring her lunch at work?" Ben asked. He took his phone out and flipped it open. "We're just going to plant these guys along the edge here, and when-...." He read the text and his jaw opened.

Benjamin: It hung there, open, and his expression of surprise grew into fear. "Oh. My. God." He dropped the phone. "What do I do? What do I do!?"

Anna: Anna turned to stare at Ben, "What? What happened?" She abandoned her wheelbarrow and went over to him, "Why the shocked expression?"

Wade: "Forgot how to read again? Remember, just sound out the words." Wade helped.

Benjamin: "I don't know what to do!" Ben said again, quietly. He handed the phone to Anna and just walked a few steps away. "I don't think I'm ready! I know I'm not ready! How the hell can I be expected to be ready!? It was an accident! I thought we had more time!"

Anna: Anna blinked at Ben then looked at the phone and read the message, "Neena's water broke? Ooooh.... Oh! Shit! Er...." she laughed, "Wow that's great Ben, you're gonna be a daddy really soon!"

Wade: "D'aww, gonna be the proud papa of a crawling anklebiter. That's so adorable. I wonder how many pair of eyes the kid's going to have.....crap, that's outloud again, huh? I'm really out of practice." Wade's attention went back to the buggy daddy. "So you gonne decorate the kids room with webbing? All the cool newborns are getting it."

Benjamin: Ben felt himself begin to lose his breath. He couldn't hear Wade, and he could barely hear Anna. His vision was beginning to tunnel. "I can't! I cant do this! I don't know what I'm doing, I'm not ready! There's no such thing as ready, but I'm really, really not ready!" He spun to Anna and grabbed her shoulders. Nearly shaking her he yelled "What do I do!? I'm about to be a father!"

Anna: "Eek!" Anna flailed slightly, "First of all you calm down!" She yelled back and grabbed one of his hands with her own, "And then you remember what you rehersed. You knew this was coming you must have practised."

Wade: "Anna, that's no way to treat the recently insane. This is what you do." Wade pulled Ben around to face him and immediately yelled, "Get a grip!" and slapped him through the face.

Benjamin: "Gah!" Ben put his hand to his face. "Oh my God! Wade! She's about to deliver! She needs to be here!" He looked to Anna and then to Wade. "She's at the flower place, what do I do?! What if she has the baby there! Or in a taxi! What if she's noticeably mutant?!"

Anna: Anna sighed, "Ben, it takes a long time to have a baby, she's not going to have it in 5 minutes. You have plenty of time. Where were you planning on her delivering?"

Wade: "Anna, talking is not how you fix a situation like this." Wade slapped Ben again, this time on the other cheek, just to make him all round rosy. "See, he looks much more calmer now."

Benjamin: "Stop slapping me!" Ben cried hysterically.

Wade: "You're delusional! There is no spoon!" Wade cried back hysterically.

Anna: "Look, calm down or I will join in. Getting all crazy isn't going to help, is it?" She only just managed not to laugh at Wade, "Don't you think you should maybe go and find the doc? He'll know what to do." She patted Ben a little and wondered if she should try and heal the stress again.

Benjamin: "I-... I don't know Anna... am I really ready for this? I'm about to be a dad to a little girl! I mean... man.... she's my daughter!"

Wade: Wade gave another good hard slap through Ben's face.

Benjamin: "What was that for!?" Ben yelled.

Wade: Wade guffawed and snorted, "Duh, Chinatown, great movie"

Benjamin: "Well... yeah but... what does that have to do with-...Dude, what?!"

Anna: "Oi!" Anna yelled across the conversation, "Bigger problems, guys!! Neena. Baby. Now." She grabbed Ben's sleeve with one hand and Wade's arm with the other, "Let's go find the good Doctor and he can deal with it."

Wade: "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, we're off to see the doctor, the doctorate doctor of ex," Wade sang as the all started walking hand in hand in arm, "Hey, wait, where's the Tin Man?"

Benjamin: "He's getting the brain, right?" Ben asked Anna, hoping for some reassurance. Ben looked at his phone again. "Okay, they're almost here! We gotta get Hank! Anna, can you do me a huge favor and call the people who's names are in red on my phone, tell them Neena's about to give birth?"

Anna: "He doesn't need a brain - he has one." Anna replied, "You just have to know how to interpret it." She patted Ben gently and accepted the phone again, "Er... sure.. can't believe you're trusting me with something this important though.... promise I won't screw up!"

Wade: "Oh oh oh, do I get an important task? Ooh, you want me to deliver the baby? Once saw a documentary on the tv about it, not sure how I'll adapt the lifecycle of spiders on to you kid's delivery, but I can give it a whirl."

Benjamin: Ben spun to Wade and looked him in the eyes. "For the love of God, for your own safety, avoid that delivery room. Neena is still not happy about the Asian Restaurant and she's definitely not going to be any happier during delivery..." He held his finger up. "She's a lucky shot y'know."

Anna: "You can help me, Wade," Anna said with a smile, "In case I forget to hang up."

Wade: To go with Ben's last sentence, Wade imagined a giant bullseye where the doctor should be and Neena aiming for it. "Now when you say lucky shot...nevermind." Looking to banAnna, "Don't worry fifth time's the charm that you'll remember."

Benjamin: "Great... okay... well Anna, I'll see you down at the med labs, bring my phone." He pointed to Wade. "I mean it, be careful. Rachel's showing up and she's guarding the door." He spun around and went to the elevator. Turning back he waved. "Thanks guys!"

Wade: Wade's arm went around Anna's shoulder, waving to Ben as the doors closed, "Our little Benji's growing up so fast."

[Ult_Sm86]

ANTONIA IS BORN!

Benjamin: Ben rushed out to the cab, waving frantically. "Neeeenaaaa!" He opened the door to the cab before it had even rolled to a stop. "Rachel! Oh, thank God!" He smiled to Neena, as best as he could. His brow was covered with as much sweat as hers at this point. "Hey babe, you okay? Breathing, right? I got Anna calling Felicia and your family. My mom and Aunt are out of town, but they're getting called too!"

Neena: "Slow down," she panted, holding onto his hand tightly. "I need to get to the lab quick, they're coming in closer now. The contractions," she clarified for Ben, who looked confused.

rachel: "So, which one of you is going to pay him?" Rachel looked between the two and nodded in the general direction of the cab driver. She supposed she could, but she'd rather not so asking them was worth a shot.

Benjamin: Ben waved to Anna. "Anna, can you pay for the cab?" Ben carefully picked up his wife-to-be. "I'd let you walk, but let's face it, you're giving birth."

Anna: Anna nodded at Ben, "Probably... no that wasn't to you..." she found some money and gave it to the driver, "You can pay me back later... no, not you, oh for goodness sake, no I don't want change, shoo!" she glared at the driver, "Sorry about that, cab driver... yeah yeah, she looks fine, don't you start!" Anna told Felicia down the phone, "Stop yelling at me! I'll hang up!"

rachel: Rachel followed Ben and Neena, feeling slightly bad for Anna since she could hear Felicia on the other end of the phone. At least she sounded sober...

Neena: "Who is that, Anna?" Neena asked over Ben's shoulder. "Give me the phone," she reached over and snatched it out of Anna's hand, hearing Felicia. "If you plan on yelling this shrilly when you get here don't bother coming. I won't have anyone other than me shouting at my delivery," she didn't wait for Felicia's reply and gave Anna the phone.

Anna: Anna blinked at Neena, then spoke to the silence on the other end of the phone, "See, what did I tell you?"

Benjamin: Ben snorted as he brought her into the med-lab. "Okay, here we are..." He put her on the table and smiled. "Anna, can you keep her calm for me? Rae, can you keep everyone out here? I know you're not up for this so..."

rachel: "Yeah, sure," she moved to stand by the door. She was pretty sure she'd do just about anything to not see this. The video she had to watch in high school was bad enough.

Neena: "Why are you smiling?" Neena gasped as pain rolled through her lower back. It felt like the baby was trying to come out that way instead of between her legs. "Stop smiling! This isn't funny." Her face screwed up in pain and she allowed herself a groan as the contraction passed. "Anna, make him stop smiling."
Anna: "Ben stop smiling or I'll get Wade to hit you again." Anna grinned at Ben and shuffled to stand next to Neena, "If you start to feel panicky tell me and I'll heal it away." She told her.

Neena: "Now would be a good time!" she hissed, afraid of the next contraction. She knew that since her water broke so quickly her labor would be short. The pain scared her.

Benjamin: After a few moments of waiting for Neena to be subdued Ben kissed her on the cheek as Doc McCoy began his handywork. Ben waited for the text and he finally got it. "They're here... how much longer doc?" McCoy indicated a while, and Ben kissed her again. "I'll be back..."

Benjamin: He left the Med-lab and went into the hall to meet Lazarus, Felicia, and Neena's parents.

Anna: Anna smiled at Neena, holding her hand and hoping that she wouldn't squeeze too hard. She wondered if she could heal pain too.

Neena: "Where is he going? Is he leaving?" Neena looked up at Anna. "And where is my mother? I need her here."

rachel: Rachel moved out of the way as Ben shoved by her, willing herself not to turn around as she answered Neena, "He's not leaving. There's just people here that he's going to get."

Benjamin: Felicia hugged her brother and smiled. "You're so awesome! You're gonna be a Dad!" She held up her video camera and tilted her fedora down. "And I'm gonna capture it all on camera!" Ben noticed Lazarus glaring at him. "Nice to see you too... and no neither of you are allowed in, sorry."

Anna: Anna continued to smile calmly at Neena, "I'm sure Ben's just gone to greet the arriving relatives. He'll be right back - maybe even with your mum."

Neena: "And Lazarus. He promised me he'd be here," Neena craned her neck to try and see.

Lazarus: "How is she?" Lazarus tried not to look pained but he knew he did. Neena had said she wouldn't take the drugs, and he was afraid for the doctor's life if he tried to handle his sister in labor.

Benjamin: "She's fine. We're fine. I'm going to go back in now." Ben told them. "Mrs. Thurman you can come in when the baby comes, I'll have Rachel here come get you." He pointed to the others. "You. Lazarus... and Felicia. This is where I have my family, in there." He looked to Lazarus. "This is it, this is where you show you trust me. That's my daughter being born in there, so you don't get any ideas of commandeering."

Benjamin: Felicia winced. "I'm... I-..." She sighed and forced a smile. "I get it, don't worry. You want it to be you two, I get that."

Neena: "I trust you to honor my sister's wishes," Lazarus folded his arms. "And I can hear her screaming in there. Now if you don't get a hold of her or let our mother pass she''ll probably end up killing the doctor."

Neena: "Mother!" Neena wailed. The contractions were coming in waves, and her body was reacting under the stress, amplifying every sensation. "Ben!"

rachel: Rachel blinked at Ben saying her name, "I'm going to do what?"

Benjamin: Ben turned back and looked again to Lazarus. "You'll be an uncle next time you see me." He said to him. Running back in, nearly kicking the door open, he looked to Neena. "Neena, you okay?" He put his hand in hers.

Benjamin: Felicia pulled at Rachel's sleeve. When she turned, Felicia put the video camera on her. "How's it feel to know you're about to be an Aunt... sorta?"

Neena: "Do I look alright to you?" she glared at him. "I feel like I'm going to pass a whale! Where is my mother?

Benjamin: Ben looked to Anna for re-assurance. He could feel himself going to tunnel-vision again. What was she saying? Mother? Her mother is outside, and will stay there until... wait... whale?! "She... uh..." He felt a qualm of cold overwhelm him and he slumped to the ground, his hand still in Neena's.

Benjamin: Felicia turned the camera back on herself. "So as I've already said, today is the day you were born. This will be your uncle, this is Lazarus, this is your grandpa and grandma, this is your crabby Aunt-Rachel, and I'm Auntie Felicia!"

Anna: "Ben, calm down you're not helping. Neena, I'm going to keep the blocks off my power so it'll just keep healing you, okay?" She gave Neena's hand a reassurring squeeze, "Hopefully it'll counteract the weird stuff your mutation does... Ben, maybe you should let Neena's mum in here?"

rachel: Rachel pushed the camera out of her face, rolling her eyes as Felicia focused it back on herself, "Keep that out of my face, or you won't have it anymore."

Benjamin: Felicia smiled at the camera. "See! She's a total grouch! But don't worry, by now she has to have eased up,... right?"

Benjamin: Inside, Ben felt his dizziness fade, and his momentary black out reversed itself. Helping himself up he pulled a chair up and rubbed Neena's hand. "You're doing okay..." he said, more to himself than to her. "I promise..."

Anna: Anna reached over Neena and put a hand on Ben's, sparing him a quick heal to be on the safe side. No panic attacks in from of the woman giving birth. She was going to be exhausted by the end of it but it'd be worth it.

rachel: She cut off another comment to Felicia at the thought, "Uh... Mrs. Neena's mom... they want you or whatever in there..."

Neena: "Mom," Neena reached for her mother's hand as Beatrice breezed in. "You were right. I should have taken the damn shot!" she took her mother's hand but squeezed Ben's as her body lurched through another contraction. "Why can't she just come now?"
Neena: "Be patient sweetie," Beatrice chuckled. "The first one is always the longest. I was in labor with your brother for 12 hours before he decided to pop out."

Anna: "Twelve hours, huh? Maybe I should find a chair..." She smiled at Neena, "I'll stay as long as you want... or I can go now?"

rachel: Rachel leaned back against the wall by the door, looking between Ben and Neena's family. Debating sabotaging Felicia's video camera, she eventually decided not to.

Neena: Neena didn't really care at this point, so she waved Anna away, managing a thank you.

Benjamin: "Don't worry babe... however long, I'm here."

Benjamin: Four, grueling, shrieking, and sweaty hours later, McCoy showed his plump head and smiled. "Here she comes! Just a few more pushes!"

Neena: Neena groaned. He said a few more pushes several pushes earlier. She grabbed Ben's collar and pulled him close. "We. Are. NEVER having sex again. EVER."

Neena: Beatrice laughed gaily. "Oh, dear. I remember saying that to Clem when Lazzy was born."

Benjamin: Ben gasped. "Whatever you say!" He tried to smile, but it was no use. Outside Felicia kept her camera on the door. The battery was already winding low, so she had plugged it into the socket. "This is taking forever! I've had two pee breaks and you're still not here!" She put the camera on herself. "How rude! Your poor mother!"

rachel: "I'm impressed you've managed to sit still and stare at the door the whole time besides those two pee breaks."

Anna: Anna bounced excitedly in her seat, "Gaaaah!! I don't like waiting!!" She got up and began pacing, "Do you think she's nearly out yet?"

Neena: Somewhere out beyond her hot, tired mind, she heard McCoy telling her the baby had crowned. Neena mustered up whatever strength she had left to push once more before she heard the most beautiful words from her mother. "Stop pushing, sweetie, she's here!"

Benjamin: Ben was standing over Neena's legs held up in the stirrups, his hand still in hers. He looked to Neena and smiled as Doctor McCoy took the newborn child from Neena's womb. Once a cry came out, Ben felt himself get choked up as he squeezed Neena's hand. "Our daughter...Antonia." He smiled at the small newborn.

Benjamin: "She's beautiful..." Ben whispered. McCoy smiled as he cleaned Antonia off, for the most part, and wrapped her in a small, warm blanket. Giving the child to Ben, who had been trained already by Remy how to hold her, the two smiled at eachother. "Thank you." He said to Hank. He looked at his daughter and felt a tear roll down his cheek.

Neena: "Give her here," Neena reached out a tired hand. "Give her to me! Let me see her."

Benjamin: Ben smiled. "'Course." he said, putting their daughter into Neena's arms.

Neena: "Finally," Neena placed the baby on her chest, staring down at the little face. Normal skin, lovely and pink like a baby's skin should be. "You sure were a lot of work, Toni," Neena closed her eyes, wanting nothing more than to sleep now that the baby was there and safe.

rachel: "Apparently, the baby's here and everyone's allowed in now..." Rachel announced, slightly glad that seeing the baby wouldn't take long so she could go do something other than waste away in the medlab.

Anna: "Baby!" Anna dived for the door, "Congratulations!!" she yelled.

Benjamin: Ben smiled at them and with his back turned to Neena mouthed the words, 'easy...'. Wiping his forehead clean of sweat he went over to Rachel and hugged her, then he hugged Felicia, and even shared a brief hand-shake/hug with Neena's father and Lazarus. Ben went to the other side of the bed with Hank as Hank did his diagnostics of the child, visually.

Neena: Neena sighed as she watched Hank, her eyelids heavy. She really, really wanted a nap about now. The room suddenly seemed crowded and blurry. She vaguely felt Lazarus' hand on her forehead and her mother's cool kiss on her cheek before slipping into blessed sleep.

Benjamin: Doctor McCoy expressed some concern at the pigmentation of Antonia's eyes, inbetween her tight squinting from the light. "Here..." Ben kissed Neena and took the child, letting Hank have a look. "This is astounding! Violet, her entire eye is colored violet!"

Benjamin: Ben nearly shat himself. "Is... that bad?" "Not at all, it's a mutation! I'm not sure what it means, but we won't know if this has effected her vision or not for a while... but she's healthy otherwise... Good weight, 7.92 pounds, very average length."

Benjamin: With a wink from the good doctor, and a kiss on Neena's head, Antonia was put back in her arms, and Ben smiled at his family. "Thank you, everyone."

[Svartfreja]

Teagan: Teagan knocked gently on Anna's door. "I got your way-late birthday present! Anna! ANSWER!" She'd been knocking for like ten seconds, what was with this girl? "Hey! I found you personal calendar, I know you're in there! I know you had a birthday you!"

Teagan: "I got a present!" She shrieked. She saw Rachel stick her head out of her room, her hair a mess, and raise her middle finger. Teagan stuck her tongue out. Not her fault no one knew how to wake up at seven in the morning.

Anna: Anna rolled out of the bed and landed on the floor, "Wassat?" she pulled her blanket off her head and looked around, "Door's talkin'...." she yawned, what time was it? She crawled to the door and opened it from her position on the floor. "Yeeeah?"

Teagan: "Peanut butter jelly time! Peanut buttah jelly time!" Teagan kicked the door open, two macarrenas in both hands and she shimmied her hips and shook her grass hula skirt around. "Way-yat, Way-yat, Way-yat! Said daygo, daygo, daygo, daygo! Peanut butta jelly, peanut butta jelly, peanut butta jelly an a baseball bat!"

Anna: Anna blinked at Teagan then crawled quickly back to her duvet and pulled it over her head, "I'm dreaming. Zombies with maracas only happen in dreams... knew I shouldn't have had that cheese....." Came the slightly muffled voice from the concealed Anna.

Teagan: "No!" Teagan said, dropping the percussion instruments to the floor with a loud rattle. "I'm here to celebrate your birthday way late! Come on I got a whole day planned! You kept it hidden, and no one knew you even had a birthday, and I am going to celebrate it God Damn It!"

Teagan: She pulled at Anna's arm. "Get dressed, I'm making you pancakes downstairs. Then we're going mini-golfing and pool hopping, though not necessarily on a golf course, or in a pool."

Anna: Anna let the duvet fall from her touselled head and blinked sleepily at Teagan, rubbing her eyes a little, "Pancakes?" Food was the only thing that registered with her at this point, "Am I allowed to shower first?"

Teagan: "Yes." Teagan said clapping her hands, ecstatic that her plan worked. "Go! Gogogogogo!"

Anna: "O-o-o-okay...." Anna said though another yawn, "Be out in a minute.... or some..." she staggered to her feet, rubbing her face with her hands, pulled some clothes she hoped matched out of the dresser and shuffled off to the bathroom.

Teagan: Teagan waited patiently counting her toes and shaking her rattles. "La ta ta ta ta... la cookaracha!... SomethingsomethingsomethingsomethingBoo!"

Anna: Five minutes later she was out and feeling slightly more awake as she towelled her hair. Then she saw the clock, "Holy shit Teagan, I've only been in bed three hours!"

Teagan: "Have you? I wouldn't know, I don't sleep. Though I didn't see you around, so how is it you only went to bed at four a.m.?"

Anna: "Couldn't sleep..." Anna found her hairbrush under the bed and brushed her hair through, tying it back in a ponytail. "Been having that problem since we came back to find the mansion looking like an abbotoire."

Teagan: "Oh well, you're up now, so let's go!" She brought Anna down, well tugged her really, sat her down, and began to heat up the frozen pancakes. "I don't cook... I can't taste or smell really so I have no way to gauge when it's done. Sight doesn't do crap apparently. Ever eaten raw bacon? Wade has." She smiled and poured Anna a cup of coffee. "I didn't make this, Scott did. No worries."

Anna: Anna giggled, "Oh well, not sure it'd do Wade any harm." She pulled the coffee to her, dumped three spoons of sugar in it and sniffed it, hoping the fumes would wake her up a bit. "I can help you cook them, I don't mind.... and if we've a big dad ahead I want eggs and bacon and maybe sausage and black pudding and tomatoes..... God I'm hungry..."

Teagan: "Okay..." Teagan looked around. "You cook then, I'll get your new puppy." She brought a box out from under the table and put it infront of Anna.

Anna: Anna gave Teagan a bemused look and decided to wave the comment and went for the fridge. Foooood. She pulled out all the items she fancied, picked up a frying pan and got to work. While she waited for the meat to cook, she opened the box, "Awww! Cute!" it was a stuffed toy resembling a labrador puppy. "I'll keep him by my bed." She grinned at Teagan.

Teagan: "Happy birthday!" She said, happily. "Okay, so I dug holes in the back yard and I got a bunch of colored golf balls and someone's clubs, I want to say Forge, but I could be wrong." She took the two clubs from the side of the fridge and gave one to Anna. "if we can play before eight thirty the holes can be repaired before ten. Then we can go to the mall or whatever you'd like."

Anna: "Oooh sounds fun!" Anna grinned, meat all cooked, Anna tossed in the eggs and tomato then got a plate and some ketchup. Meal prepared, she sat down and tucked in. "Mall's not really my thing...." she confessed, cutting up her food and shovelling it in quickly. So hungry....

Anna: "Actually, lately, outside hasn't really been my thing either, which is both weird and distressing for me." She sighed and took a gulp of coffee, "Mmmm good coffee."

Teagan: "No outside? Why!?" Teagan prodded her finger to Anna's shoulder. "Girl like you should love the sunshine! What's wrong?"

Anna: "I do love sunshine and picnics and surfing and all those things but... I dunno... it's so big and scary out there now...." she felt silly saying it but that was how she felt, there was no denying it.

Teagan: "What's changed? Certainly not out there." Teagan pointed to the city beyond the trees. "If anything, it's getting more crowded out there..."

Anna: "I don't know... been thinking about it a lot..." she frowned and stabbed at a piece of sausage, "I was thinking it was because of all the blood and guts stuff... not safe anymore and all that.... but I'm not so sure now..." she heaped some egg onto her fork with the sausage, dipped it in ketchup and ate it. "Think it might be my mutation."

Teagan: "The mutation?" She looked around suspiciously. "Wait... what? The healing thing? Are you just realizing now it's a mutation?"

Anna: Anna cracked a grin, "No, I know that one inside out and back to front." she giggled, "I mean the other one.... and the new one." She finished off her food and picked up her coffee cup again, "The teke is self explanitory. The other one.... it's just weird."

Teagan: "Okay, I remember something about teke... that's cool. Don't worry 'bout that. But what's this uh... 'new one'?" She looked her up and down. "You sporting a pig tail now?"

Anna: Anna snorted, "Nooooo, God that'd be weird..." she grinned at the mental image, "It's... well... I don't know what it is.... I did it by accident.... I sort of... turned... turned into... air."

Teagan: Teagan stopped. "Wait... what? Air? Like the thing I can't breathe in and don't need? Like O-2? Oxygen? Or did you turn into Hydrogen? Or Nitrogen? Or a compound? Which compound? Have you discussed this with Styger?"

Anna: "Yeah.... I don't know... We don't know... stupid chemisty. We're not sure what I turn into 'cause I can't do it again and even if we knew we're not sure it'd make much sense. And then there's the why. What possible use could it have? Can I be breathed in? I don't know..." she rolled her eyes, "I should have stayed at home..."

Teagan: "This is excellent! New mutations are so fun to play with!" Teagan clapped her hands excitedly. "Okay, okay... wanna try!?"

Anna: Anna nearly snorted coffee. She coughed rather a lot then managed a weak, "What?" Clearing her throat she elaborated, "I just said I can't do it again.... dunno what made me do it the first time."

Teagan: "Well... what were you doing? Drinking? Dancing? Having sex? Reading? Come on girl!"

Anna: Anna laughed, "Yeah Teagan, the Catholic was having sex before marriage..." she finished her coffee, "I was sparring... with Rogue."

Teagan: "Sweet! So you were fighting! Did she hit you? Did you hit her? What was the last thing that happened?"

Anna: "She grabbed me and pulled me to the mat, I shut my eyes expecting to be sandwiched between her and the floor and knew it was going to hurt but nothing happened." She shrugged, "Poof, I was air."

Teagan: "So... you were scared? Emotional? Worried?" Teagan looked around. "What if I did this..." She grabbed the knife from the counter, a long pointy, sharp blade, and whipped it down towards Anna, the blade digging into the table near her arm. "Or this!" She kicked the chair out from under Anna and jumped her, holding her up by her shirt and at least a foot from the ground. Shaking her (much more gently than she could have shaken the poor girl) Teagan gnashed her teeth at her friend.

Anna: "Eeek!" Anna wriggled and tried to get free, Teagan was scary all of a sudden. And then,

Teagan: "Cool!" Teagan said excitedly. "Where'd ya go! Is that you?" She poked the cloud of air, gas... stuff. "It doesn't look like anything specific but the fact that I can sort of make it out differently then all the other things in the air, such as oxygen or what not, says that you're either a new type of gas... you're a colored gas..."

Teagan: "Or you're picking up some serious particles. Dust and plastic paints probably." Teagan whipped out her thick, lensless, black frame glasses and put them on. "I really wish I could smell now... I could figure out what kind of gas you are... Can I put you in a jar?"

Anna: She found herself feeling extremely glad that Teagan didn't breathe. She concentrated on trying to pull herself back together.

Teagan: Teagan looked around quickly. She reached over the stove and lit a match. The match sparked against the grain ignitor on the side of the box, flared, and burned out, like any match would. "Well we can rule out methane or any other flammable type gas." She said, smiling. "There was only one way to know, so don't get angry at me. At least your safe from Amara."

Anna: Anna finally felt herself becoming solid again, she checked herself over, "Thank God for that...."

Teagan: "Well I'd say so!" Teagan said crossing her arms. "So we know its an emotional response, mostly out of fear...." She tapped her chin. "You won't go out 'cuz of that? I guess i get why... 'fraid you might float away... Want me to put you in a balloon?"

Anna: Anna gave Teagan the most deadpan look she could muster, "No I do not want you to put me in a balloon.... God only knows how you'd get me in there..." she rolled her eyes then grinned, "I wonder what would happen if someone breathed me in by accident... oh also, look!" She reached out and touched Teagan with her very bare hand, "Look no gloves!!"

Teagan: Teagan's eyes bugged out and she threw her arms around Anna. "Yay! I can touch my friend!"

Anna: Anna laughed, "Yeah, no more crazy overhealing. Been really working hard on it in the Danger Room... and with Wade only he doesn't know that 'cause it's a big secret."

Teagan: "You're conspiring against the crazy guy? Jeez!" She looked around with sketchy eyes. "Okay... well... we best get this birthday show on the road. What're we doing in the mansion then? Want to look at the stars in the DR? I added Hallebop!"

Anna: "Haha, no conspiracy.... we're kind of a couple now. Need to be able to do things like hold hands without making him all weird and boring again." She smiled, "And the stars thing sounds great, maybe to that to relax a bit and then think of something outside shaped... maybe... or I can teach you how to surf?"

Teagan: "Surf?" Teagan glanced to the door. "....... Oh hell yeah."

Anna: Anna grinned, "Brilliant." She headed for the door, "I'll meet you down there with my board. Bring swimwear." She bounced out the door, "Stars first though, k?" she called over her shoulder.

Teagan: "Why not surfing under the stars?" She wondered out loud as she dumped the dishes into the sink.

[Svartfreja]

Teagan: Teagan finally caught up with Anna and was able to join her right outside of the DR. "We set?"

Anna: Anna grinned, "Yep! Ready when you are." She had her board under one arm and had put her bikini on under her jeans and t-shirt.

Teagan: "Wait... board? I need a board..." She looked around. "is there one?"

Anna: "The Danger Room will provide you with one. I just perfer my own, I'm used to it." She smiled, "It's the perfect size and shape for me."

Teagan: Teagan extended her hand and soon a surfboard appeared there in her grasp. "Cool! Blue!" She looked at the surf and smiled. "Computer, stars right?" The sun turned to a slowly setting dusk, the stars rising from behind them. "Yay!" She ran into the water, throwing the board down and jumping on it.

Teagan: She promptly fell off and the board shot out from under her.

Anna: Anna cracked up, "It's not a skateboard! You gotta paddle a bit first!" she took off her jeans and t-shirt and dropped them onto the floor with her flipflops and towel, "Let me show you." She waded out into the water and climbed onto her board, sitting on it, one leg on each side. "Start like this."

Teagan: "You expect to much of me..." She said, paddling out as Anna had. "Okay... I get it now... Like a kayak kinda..."

Anna: Anna grinned, "Yeah, like a Kayak..." She paddled out a little more, and lined herself up, "When the waves come you paddle with them a bit then hop up on top of your board," The program threw a hand wave Anna's way so she demonstrated, "Then you ride it on the momentum and you steer with your legs... "Wheeeeeee....!"

Teagan: "Wait... what?" Teagan got out far enough and turned her board around. "I have to try and stand on this thing? Here?"

Teagan: She tried to poise herself and cried out as she fell backwards.

Anna: Anna laughed again, "Maybe we should practise on dry land a bit so we can sort out your balance?"

Teagan: "Wait-wait! I can do this!" She pulled herself back onto the board and positioned herself steadily. "Okay... Okay... I'm standing now wha-wha-WHOA NOW!" The small ripple and wave rose from behind her, pushing her surf board up and her off. "Whaddafuck!"

Anna: "Haha, you got up too soon, you have to paddle with the wave a bit first, then sort of hop to a crouch and slowly rise so you can get the feel of it and make sure your balance is good. Here, watch me again...." Anna paddled her board round to line up for another good wave.

Teagan: "Okay... how about I just sit on the board and watch you then...." Teagan said smiling sheepishly.

Anna: Anna giggled, "You could but that wouldn't be much fun for you now, would it?" She caught another wave, "Think I should ask the computer thing to make them bigger? It's way more fun then."

Teagan: "No! Nonono!?" Teagan shouted. "Please, for the love of God no!" She looked around with sketchy eyes. "I hate to say this at the risk of ruin your day... but I'm not a fan of the ocean. Pools, sure? 'Cuz they're controllable. But ocean? Meh. Insecurities. I can get a hang of this, I promise!"

Anna: "Teagan it's a one hundred percent controlled environment in here - nothing can go wrong." She smiled goodnaturedly at her, "But don't worry, if you don't want to I won't do it." She paddled over to her, "What you could do is work on the jumping up part on the beach there and see if you can do it without falling over."

Teagan: "Okay... wait one more try...." She let the wave come up from behind her and as the board rose to the top of the wave, she hopped up, plating her feet firmly down. She balanced the board out, dipped the nose down, and surfed. She actually surfed, riding the wave perfectly. Well, until she fell forward and into the water. "Gah!" *Splash!* She popped up laughing and shrieking. "I did it, sorta kinda!"

Anna: Anna cheered and clapped for Teagan, "Well done! That was really good! Much better than I did first time I actually managed to stay up, anyway." She grinned, "Keep at it! It's way fun!"

Teagan: She tried a few more times and realized that it wasn't so much hard as it was the surf was unpredictable. "You know what's insane about this Anna... I never imagined myself surfing... Can we add some sharks? Computer!?"

Anna: Anna blinked, "You what? You don't want bigger waves but you want things that can eat us?! Are you mad?!"

Teagan: "Computer? Can I get a barracuda?" Teagan smiled widely. "Program cannot find barracuda... would you like to add this to the program?"

Anna: Anna blinked at Teagan, "You're mad...."

Teagan: "Fine, no barracudas." The program's humming ceased and Teagan flashed a smile at Anna. "So what do you do when you're done surfing? Just lay on the board and tan? Or are you too Irish for that?"

Anna: "I don't need to tan! Look at me!" Anna gestured at her already dark skin tone, "Half Irish, other half's Argentinian." She grinned, "I look this good three hundred and sixtyfive days a year."

Teagan: "Sure you do." Teagan said with a wild grin. Actually.... growl. "Well you should wear bathing suits more often 'round me." She gave her a thumbs up.

Anna: Anna felt her face heat in a blush, "Er yeah... keep talking like that and I won't ever wear one again. I'll go dig out my wetsuit." She paddled back to the 'shore' to find her towel.

Teagan: "You're no fun..." Teagan said with a pout. She paddled out as well and shook off some water. "So this was cool. We going to do some other fun stuff in the DR next? Maybe go hunting in Africa?"

Anna: Anna giggled "Oooh that'd be fun! Let's do that.... or maybe the Amazon! Oh my God there are too many cool places we could go in here!"

Teagan: Teagan considered this. "Okay... Well... can I shoot something big? An anaconda maybe?

Anna: Anna laughed, "Sure, we'll do the whole safari thing - hats and all! Like the olden days!" She grinned, pulled her jeans and t-shirt back on and propped her board up against the control pannel with the towel hanging on it.

Teagan: "Well... if we're making a rainforest setting... why don't we skip the hunting and just look for exotic animals? I'm told there's an updated insect program in here from Adriana. Over like... 250 new insects!"

Anna: "Oooh yay can we?!" Anna clapped excitedly and bounced up and down, regretting that when she remembered she wasn't wearing a real bra and this was Teagan. She stopped abruptly and blushed again, "Oh can we look for Jaguars and Tapirs and... and Cappybara! They're so cool! Like big guinea pigs!"

Teagan: "Sure!" Teagan said, also bouncing excitedly. "But only if I get to capture a tree boa and wrap it around my neck like some kind of seductress. And can we try and get an anaconda to eat me? I've always wanted that to happen..." She called the program up and the rainforest (complete with rain) overcame the sandy beach and waves. "I bet we'll see some pretty birds when this rain ends!"

Teagan: Grabbing Anna's wrist she pulled her under the canopy. "In here, we'll be dry!"

Anna: Anna yelped and giggled, "Screw being dry! Let's get drenched!"

Teagan: Teagan considered this. "Fine... Tag you're it!" She tagged her friend and ran off into the forest. "Catch me if you can! Or at least before a jaguar does!"

Anna: "Oooh a challenge! You're so going down, dead girl!" She ran off after her. This hadn't been a bad birthday treat after all - despite the early morning.

[Svartfreja]

Anna: Anna wandered down to the medlab. Her grades had finally begun to improve so she'd decided to put plans into action. She knocked on the door then stuck her head in, "Hello? Anyone here? Dr McCoy?"

DrSummers: "Hello?" Scott called back, awaking from a half-doze in Hank's recliner. He stood up and straightened his shirt, running his hand through his hair. "I'm here. Is there an emergency?"

Anna: Anna blinked at the guy standing where McCoy should be, "Er.... no... um... who are you?" She scratched her head, "Should you be down here?"

DrSummers: He stared blankly for a minute at her. "Uh, yes. I'm Doctor Summers. Hank's uh, off for the day. What can I help you with?"

Anna: "He's having a day off?" Anna stared at the new Doc for a moment, "Wow... didn't think that guy could cope with a holiday." She shook herself, "Um... I'm Anna... I wanted to ask about... well... McCoy said that if my grades got better he'd help me study for becoming a sugeon... and well... they got better..."

DrSummers: He blinked at her for a moment. "Oh- right. Well, step into my office," he gestured at the door, "while I get his notes." He smiled and went to root about in Hank's office for the files, which were surprisingly disorganized.

Anna: Anna did as instructed and went to sit in a chair while she waited, looking around. Not like McCoy's office at all.

DrSummers: He looked through her file as went went back to his office. He smiled as he entered. "Would you like some water?" he asked, pausing by the small refrigerator.

Anna: Anna shook her head, "No thanks, I had some coffee before I came down here." She smiled back, "So um... find anything useful?"

DrSummers: "Well, it says here that your ability is healing," he didn't mention that her grades were going up, and not exactly where he'd want them if he were going to be helping someone starting out a medical study journey. "so, I'm not sure why exactly you want to 'become a surgeon'. I would think that expanding your knowledge of human and mutant anatomy would be more beneficent."

Anna: "I've wanted to be a Doctor ever since I was little," Anna told him, "My mum's a nurse... I never thought I'd get the chance but... well, now I want to go for it."

Anna: Anna paused and looked around some more. He was far tidier than McCoy. "And I don't want to rely on my mutation. I want to be able to fit in and get a job and do normal things. I don't want to stand out as different."

DrSummers: "I understand that." He looked through her file. "However, becoming a surgeon is difficult. I spent most of my time studying and doing simulations in the DR...it's long and grueling. But its worth it at the end."

DrSummers: "I almost wish I had your ability rather than what I got."

Anna: Anna shook her head, "No you don't, believe me." She shuffled in her seat, "And I know it's a lot of work but I'll never get a chance as good as this and I really really want to do it. Healing with powers is one thing... but it feels like cheating... and there are still some things I couldn't do without some medical training - like dig bullets out, no good healing someone if they're still in there."

DrSummers: "Well, that is a good point," he nodded. "Well, I suggest you should first concentrate on getting your grades up to all As and Bs at the very least." He leant back in his chair. "Also - the library has an excellent section of medical texts. If you're this determined, go and study them - take notes, and teach yourself for a bit. Hank and I will be available to help if you get stuck."

DrSummers: He smiled kindly at her. "Also, Hank programmed some programs in the DR for me - they're under the file name of 'Medical Training' I'd go through the lectures first, and wait to try the more advanced ones. All my notes are available through the school's website."

Anna: Anna smiled, "You really think I can do it?" She fought hard to keep herself from bouncing with excitement in her seat. "I'll do all those things, I promise!" Shea meant it too - she was going straight to the library after this! She jumped up and hugged the other Doctor, "Thank you! This is the best news I've had in ages!"

DrSummers: "Uh..." He patted her gently. "No problem. But I don't want to see your grades go down. And keep honing your natural healing ability - you never know when that can come in handy." He shook his head a little bemusedly at her. "Good luck." And you're going to need it. There's so much more than putting a band-aid on... He shuddered thinking about the organic chemistry, and cellular microbiology and all the math. He would give both his eyes to be able to do all that instinctively.

Anna: Anna let him go and grinned, "There's already not a lot I can't heal." She was definately better at the healing than the other stuff. "It's the small injuries I find difficult...." She shrugged, "I'll figure it out.... So, um... are you staying here? Like... on a permanent thing?"

DrSummers: "Yes, I'm the new doctor. Hank's here on tenure, and is my other boss."

Anna: Anna grinned, "Cool! Maybe I'll see you around... only um... don't spend all your time down here... people will talk..." she gave him a consipiratory wink then grinned. "See you later! I'm going to the library!" She bounced off for the door, making a mental note to ask for directions to the library.

DrSummers: He slumped back in his chair, propping his feet on the desk. He smirked a little at the open door. Even he, with his own gung-ho attitude had balked at the immensity of the task before him, and he'd had a good reason to want to study. He wondered if she would be as resolute. Time would tell. In the meantime, it was nap time. He closed his eyes and drifted off.

[Svartfreja]

Anna skipped down the hallway towards the DR intent on checking out the medical programs the new doctorman had suggested. She'd checked out all the medical books in the library and left notes in the relavant places in case anyone needed them so they knew where they were.

She opened the door and stepped in. She didn't register what she was seeing at first. "Someone got a program running?" There was no answer. She approached the body on the floor, "Teagan!" she ran the rest of the way and knelt beside her, "Teagan?" Why wasn't she moving? She couldn't be dead, could she? "Teagan?!" She shook her shoulder, then saw the wound. Why wasn't it healing? How long has she been there? She checked the belt. It was off. She touched Teagan's skin and prayed.

She flet aheal leave her and shook away the light headedness, removing her hand as Teagan stirred. Thank God. She carefully lifted Teagan, using her teke to take most of her weight. The infirmary wasn't far and they really needed to figure out what had happened.

[Svartfreja]

Anna: Anna was sat beside Teagan's bed in the medlab, waiting for her to regain consciousness. The doc had assurred her she'd be okay so now it really was just a matter of time. Anna rested her elbows on the bed and put her chin in her hands.

Teagan: She had been still for almost a day, but she suddenly stirred. Sitting up, sort of, she looked to Anna. "Où suis-je!?"

Anna: Anna jerked upright and blinked at Teagan, "Er beg your pardon?" then she grinned, "Yay you're awake!!" She lurched forwards and hugged her.

Teagan: Teagan looked around, panicked. She wasn't sure what she had just said. Did she just speak Spanish or something? "Pourquoi est-ce que je ne peux parler anglaise!?"

Teagan: She eeped and covered her mouth. "Non! Est-ce que je Néerlandais suis parlant? Pourquoi est-ce que je Néerlandais suis parlant? Est c'un rêve?! Où sont les giraffes?"

Anna: Anna let Teagan go and stared at her, "Giraffes? What?" She blinked at the other girl, "Er... Why are you speaking french?"

Teagan: "Française??? Oh non! Pourquoi est-ce que je Française suis parlant? Anna vous devez fixer ceci! Je ne veux pas à ressemble à de Monet!"

Teagan: Teagan began to sob a bit and curled up in a ball, covering her face. Even her crying sounded French.

Anna: Anna chewed her lip and patted Teagan gentley, "Erm... I don't know what you just said..." I wish I spoke French... "But um... I'll try to fix it.... some how... in the mean time... let's find you someone you can talk to?" Right who spoke french? "Maybe... er... Monet?" she winced as she said it, "Or... er... Remy?"

Teagan: "Aucun Monet! Et Remy me raillera seulement! Renversez-juste le!" Teagan pleaded. Why had this happened!? Had the blow to her brain scrambled her ability to speak of all things?

Anna: "Er.... what?" Anna frowned, "You know I don't understand you right?" She stood up, "Let me go find someone...." Why oh why had the Doc chosen now to go for lunch?!

rachel: Rachel stared blankly at her finger for a moment before putting the kitchen knife in the sink and started making her way down to the medlab. Yeah, so that hadn't worked, which not only ruled out things involving the stove but things involving cutting as well. At least she hadn't taken her finger off, and it didn't look that deep. She just needed a bandaid or something.

Teagan: Teagan crossed her arms and sat in despair and confusion, angry that whatever had happened to her, it had made her a Frog. Stupid Monet. If she needed a translator, she'd just find a way to kill herself over using Monet.

Anna: Anna took the sullen silence as a yes and headed out, "Back in a bit," At least Teagan seemed able to understand her....

rachel: She jumped back a bit as the door opened and Anna appeared, "Hey, Anna..." Maybe she wouldn't need a bandaid after all.

Teagan: Teagans eyes widened at the sight of her friend. Racing from the bed, she embraced Rachel tightly. "Rachel ! Oh remerciez Dieu ! Rachel ! Pouvez vous parler française?!"

Anna: Anna yelped as she was shoved aside by a low-flying Teagan, "Hi Rachel... maybe you can help... Teagan's speaking french... can you speak french?"

rachel: Rachel blinked as she was practically glomped and looked between the two, "Uh... how do you say maybe? And, it might help if I'm not bleeding." She held up her finger.

Teagan: Teagan wailed and flew back to the bed. "Anna, juste essai et guérissent mon cerveau! Vous l'avez fait pour patauger pourquoi pouvez vous ne pas le faire pour moi?"

Anna: Anna gave Teagan a helpless shrug, "Tea I really don't know what you're saying..." She looked at Rachel, "I can probably fix your finger..." She poked the injury and it healed over, "Now can you help Teagan? She understands me I think... so maybe her thoughts are still in English?"

rachel: "Thanks," she grinned as her finger healed and glanced over at Moon, chewing on her lip, "Maybe. I can try, but it's always been hard to get anything from your mind."

Teagan: Teagan blubbered a response and nodded anxiously. She tried to clear her mind of anything and simply thought "Don't hear French. Don't hear French. Don't hear French."

rachel: She reached out to the other girl's mind and focused on it, only picking up a faint sound. "Well... I think it sounds like English in there, if that helps at all..."

Anna: "Okay that's good... er... right... any ideas why she's speaking french?" Anna hoped it wasn't because some of Teagan's brain had leaked out through the hole in her head.

Teagan: "Puisqu'un ninja a poignardé mon cerveau!" Teagan cried.

rachel: Rachel raised an eyebrow as she tried to figure out what was being said. Then, she shrugged, "I'm guessing a ninja was involved in why she's stuck in French since that's the only word I got besides mon."

Anna: "Ninja?" Anna repeated, "She was saying something about a Giraffe before you got here..." she frowned, "There was a nasty gaping hole in the back of her head when I found her. She was lucky I could heal it."

Teagan: A ninja stabbed my brain you ass hats! she screamed in her head, frustrated. WIth a loud shriekish groan, she threw the pillow over her face and rolled over.

rachel: "Well, I'm gonna go with ninja attack since the hole in the back of the head kinda fills in the blanks."

Anna: Anna nodded but she was still confused, "But... I healed her! She should be fine! What the hell happened?!" She looked over at Teagan, "You don't get to answer unless you can be coherent."

rachel: "Um..." Rachel gave another shrug, "You missed a spot?"

Teagan: She rolled her eyes. "Essai me guérissant PAR Rachel peut-être? Pouvez-vous faire cela?"

rachel: "All I got out of that was my name..." she shook her head.

Anna: Anna gave another helpless shrug, "Don't look at me..." she sighed and looked at Teagan, a pitying expression on her face, "Maybe I should try healing her again?"

Teagan: "Oui! Jeez! Pourquoi vous a-t-cela pris tellement longtemps pour penser à cela!? Rien!" She shook her head and sighed.

rachel: "Maybe, but do we really have to fix her? We could all learn French," Rachel smirked to show she was joking.

Teagan: "Je vous blesserai!!"

Anna: Anna grinned, "Yeeeeah but I didn't bother the first time around, what makes you think I'd bother now? She knows what we're saying, that's good enough for me." She flexed her fingers, "Okay dead lady, brace yourself." She reached out and touched Teagan.

rachel: "I've never actually tried to learn another language, but I guess if we really have to try and fix it..." she sighed, rolling her eyes.

Teagan: "L'attente! S'assurent que vous êtes réellement correct this time, no making me speak German or whatever!" Teagan stopped and listened to herself. "Cow... Cookie. Bed frame. Pillow. Sex."

Teagan: She looked up to Anna and wrapped her arms around her neck. "Merci!" She screamed and covered her mouth. "Oh non!" She punched Rachel in the arm. "Gotcha!" Ducking she rolled around her red-headed friend and gave her a hug from the behind.

Anna: Anna laughed and cheered, "Yay! I'm so sorry, Teagan, I don't know what went wrong there."

rachel: "What is with you and hugging me today? Though, I'm glad you're speaking English again. I don't actually have to think about what you're trying to say..."

Teagan: "Okay well... thank you for the healing!" She gave Anna another hug and turned to the door. "Oh by the way, look!" She flicked her hands and as before, her finger turned to long spikes. "Pretty shwag huh?

Anna: Anna's eyebrows went up, "Woah! What the hell Teagan?!" She stared at the (for want of a better word) claws, open mouthed.

rachel: "Well, those are new..."

Teagan: "S'alright, I like 'em. They're good offensive weapons!" she tried to give a thumbs up and it didn't really work out. "Anyways, I'm gonna toodle off now. Thank you bunches girls, I'll make you both some Salmon-stirred milk shakes some night okay?"

Teagan: She winked at them and slipped out the doors, dragging her fingers across part of the wall and giggling at the marks it left.

Anna: Anna blinked at Teagan as she left, "Is it just me or did her creepiness factor just go up?"

rachel: Rachel just nodded, "Remind me to never let her watch Nightmare on Elm Street with me. She might get ideas from Freddy."

[Svartfreja]

Cessily: Cessily was in her usual summer nighttime attire, which basically consisted of a simple top and some boxers. She paced down the hallway on bare feet, slipped past the door to the kitchen, flicked the light switch and headed directly towards the fridge. Some ice cream would be a very fortunate find at this time.

Anna: Anna shuffled down the hallway. Coffee. Need Coffee. That would fix her sleeping problem surely. Coffee fixed all. Mmm Coffee.

Wade: Wade in his red with yellow smilie faces summer pajams, which could just as well be called a pair of boxershorts with a matching t-shirt, stalked behind Anna.

Anna: The light of the kitchen seemed like a beacon to Anna. All else was forgotten. "Coffeeeee...." she shuffled straight to the coffee machine not noticing Cess or the fact she was being followed.

Wade: "Cheaper gas prices and a stronger economyyyyy...." Wade said behind Anna. When she was tilting a little too much to the right, he gave her a nudge to get her back on course towards the coffee machine.

Cessily: Cessily rummaged through the fridge, digging for any leftover boxes of ice cream. She looked up as someone else walked in, grinning when she recognized Anna. "Oh noes," she said, with exaggerated pathos in her voice, "it's the dreaded coffee zombies! Everyone run for their lives, or our coffee beans are doomed."

Anna: Anna eeked at the nudge and nearly lost her balance, she looked around, blinking sleepily at the other two. She yawned, "Where did you come from?" She looked between them then turned her attention back to preparing coffee. That was more important.

Wade: "Well, you see, when a man really loves a woman, or he's not wearing a condom while drunk after a prom night, he takes the woman to a cheap motel room..." Wade began.

Anna: Anna giggled at Wade and shook her head, then took a deep sniff of the coffee beans, "Mmm sweet nectar of the gods."

Cessily: "Is that where you two are coming from at this time?" Cessily asked, grinning at both of them. She couldn't stifle a giggle, continuing her quest for something sweet to eat late at night.

Anna: Anna finished sorting the coffee out and turned to Cess, "Cessily, I'm a good Catholic girl, just what are you implying?" She put her hands on her hips and tried to look serious but was hyjacked by a yawn.

Cessily: "Nothing," Cessily replied, looking over the fridge door to send Anna a mischievous grin. "All I'm saying is that I know girl's who have visited good catholic schools. And, I mean, I know them..."

Nezhno: Nezhno quietly snuck up the steps of the school and quietly opened the door. It made the same giant squeaking noise it always made, but the quiet magnified the sound. Nezhno cringed as he started to tip toe his way to the kitchen to get some water before sneaking up to bed.

Anna: Anna raised an eyebrow and decided to avoid answering by getting a mug for her coffee and spooning some sugar in.

Wade: "Hey, I have no quibble at people implying anything about me. Only make them think more about me." Wade said showing a smug face grin, "Isn't that right honeybuns?" he said and patted Anna's bottom.

Anna: Anna turned and grinned at him over her shoulder, "Anything you say, Wade." She left her mug by the coffee machine and hopped up to sit on the counter.

Wade: "Glee," Wade grinned like an idiot back at her.

Cessily: Cessily pulled a box of chocolate flavoured ice cream from the fridge, smiling triumphantly. She closed the fridge and stepped over to the counter to get a spoon. "Was that the front door?" She asked, looking up at the others with a puzzled expression.

Anna: Anna looked at Cess, "Door?" she frowned then shrugged, "Maybe?"

Jason: There were lights still on in the kitchen, Jason noted as he made his way up to the school. Well, that was a good sign, perhaps someone had felt like cooking and he could pilfer foodstuffs. There was the slight drawback of enduring conversation but it just might be worth it. Upon making his way to the kitchen, Jason questioned that hope. "Wade, your boxers should come with a warning to people you would be in the company of."

Nezhno: Nezhno set his bag down in the hall, and quietly turned the corner and stood in the doorway of the kitchen. He just gave an almost defeated smile as he noticed he wasn't alone in the kitchen.

Cessily: "Hey, Jason," Cessily said and raised a hand to wave at him. "I knew I heard something." Her head turned slightly as she spotted a second newcomer. "Nez!" A grin appeared on her face. "Hey, welcome back! My, it's getting crowded in here at this time."

Anna: Anna grinned at Jason, "I dunno, I quite like Wade's PJs." She looked round him, "Oh hi!" she waved. She didn't really know Nezhno that well but Cess seemed pleased he was home.

Jason: "I'll continue to question your tastes, then." Jason stepped on in, giving Nezhno a nod in greeting.

Wade: "My boxers are a warning themselves of the dangers hidden beneath." Wade said rather dramatically, his fist shaking into the air.

Jason: "...I heed the warning."

Cessily: "I got the last of the ice cream, by the way," Cessily announced with a smile, and hopped up to sit on the kitchen counter. "If anyone wants some, they'll have to make me share it."

Anna: Anna giggled then jumped off the counter as the coffee machine announced it was finished it's task. "Coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee!!"

Wade: "Mushroom, mushroom!" wade finished Anna's chant.

Jason: "...I feel as if we should intervene somehow." He kept his distance from the coffee maker for safety's sake.

Nezhno: Nezhno realized that he probably wasn't going to just get a glass of water and go to bed. So he decided he might as well have some midnight snack fun. He gave a mischevious grin to Cess. "Well, I could use some icecream. It's not a normal treat in Africa."

Wade: Turning around and opening a drawer, Wade pulled out a spoon, "Now, to the importat part of being awake at half past twelve. Ice cream." he said taking a step closer to Cess, holding the spoon up to her, looking at it and then her, "Uncanny."

Anna: Anna poured her coffee and sat at the island sniffing it in the hope that'd help wake her up while it was still too hot to drink. "Africa, huh? Wow..."

Jason: "Is it really that early? I guess the evening was more of a bust than I had realized." Hmm, ice cream no. Jason went to the fridge to nose around at just what left overs there were to take. "Wow? Is there something impressive I'm missing?"

Nezhno: "Yeah, the ice cream didn't last all the long where I was staying. Well, that's really because it melted in like 2.5 seconds."

Cessily: "Don't worry," she told Wade, poking the tip of her tongue out at him. "It's none of my long lost relatives. Well, looks like I gotta share, no?"

Anna: "It's just really far away." Anna said with a shrug, "What can I say, I'm easy to impress." She gave Wade another grin.

Wade: Looking back back at anna with a spoonful of icecream going into his mouth, he grinned, chocolatey goodness squishing in his mouth.

Nezhno: Nezhno realized that he probably wouldn't get a good share of ice cream, so he slid to the fridge, and saw a lone piece of chocolate pie. He sniffed at it, and decided it was good enough to eat. Grabbing it, he took one of the vacant seats at the table and jabbed his fork in it.

Jason: Ahha, left over Chinese, a staple in Jason's kitchen raiding. Well, whoever left it would just have to miss it as usual. He swiped it, popping it open to see just what he had stolen. He...wasn't entirely sure but it was delicious.

SinJin: St. John wandered into the kitchen, pausing in bafflement to see so many people up at this hour. "Jason! Eating my Budda's Feast?"

Jason: "Well, Buddah always seems so fat and happy." Well, that answered that.

Anna: Anna snorted and hid it behind her coffee. laughing quietly to herself and trying to drink at the same time.

Wade: Taking a nice big scoop and stuffing the icecream in his mouth, he ventured closer to banAnna to rest against the counter next to her. "Hello aussie, feast your eyes on the yellow one!"

Nezhno: "I can't believe this place is so active this late... or technically this early." He said between bites of pie.

Jason: "You should be awake more ofthen then. This is still early."

Anna: "I'm not sleeping too good lately," Anna said, finally managing a sip, "Admittedly the coffee probably isn't helping..." she shrugged.

Wade: "And I'm just a stalker." Wade said with a nod.

Nezhno: "Well, a nice red eye flight with way too many connections will make a person either extremely tired, or give them insomnia. That and a craving for pie."

Anna: "Mmmm pie..." Anna eyed the pie over her coffeecup.

SinJin: "Sleep? I just came down to refuel." He rooted around the fridge, but everything good had been taken.

Nezhno: Nezhno cover his pie and gave Anna a playful glare. "It's my pie yellow girl."

Jason: Jason just smirked a bit and held out the chinese to Ginny. "Split?"

SinJin: "Oh, thanks, Jason."

SinJin: He grabbed a fork and helped himself. Softly, he said, "still dressed? Hot date?"

Anna: Anna grinned at Nezhno, "I won't steal it... though I am kind of hungry..." she put her coffee down and went to the fridge.

Nezhno: "So... what have I missed since I left. It seems like I've been gone for months. Wait, I have been gone for months."

Wade: "Spoongirl, I need more icecream!" Wade bounded next to Cess with the ice cream and dug another scoop into his mouth. He probably shouldn't have taken such a large scoop into his mouth. "Gaaaaaa..." he gurgled as his eyes rolled back in his head.

Jason: "Unfortunately no, Hellfire." Jason answered, poking his own fork into the food. "So, interesting at least."

Anna: Anna looked round to see Wade looking like he was in pain, "Brain freeze?"

SinJin: "Hmmmm." He watched Wade for a moment. "Too bad."

Wade: "Hmming." Wade said with a closed mouth and one eye open, giving a thumbsup in case they don't understand mumble.

Jason: "Well, it's entertaining anyway...a different kind of entertaining than this."

SinJin: "I bet." He snagged a piece of fried tofu.

Anna: Anna giggled and shook her head, going back to the fridge. "Oooh jelly! I forgot about that!" She pulled out the container and went to get a spoon, bumping the fridge door closed with her hip as she went.

Jason: "Should come next time." Jason nodded, then turned back to the rest of the conversation going around. "You've missed not a whole lot. Though you might consider avoiding the woods in case there's someone still looking for animals to mutiliate."

SinJin: "Yeah, I'm glad this is vegetarian, Jason."

Jason: "You assume I've not added anything?"

SinJin: He poked around the styrofoam box. "Not that I can see..."

Wade: "You assume I haven't added anything?" Wade gave his two bits while helping Cess scrape the icecream box clean.

Jason: "...does the food look more yellow to you?"

SinJin: "Oh, thanks." He tossed his fork into the sink.

Anna: Anna cackled as she sat down with her tub of jelly and a spoon. Before she broke the perfectly flat surface of the set jelly she gave the tub a little shake to giggle at the wobbling substance.

Nezhno: Nezhno laughed at the scene unfolding before him. He got up and set his plate in the sink, and grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge. Sitting back down, Nez looked over to Jason. "So, exactly what the hell do you do at those club meetings? I've always been curious."

Wade: Licking the spoon clean and throwing it in the sink, Wade watched the jelly. "I'm tempted to sculpt jellymen and watch them quiver at my presence."

Jason: "Drink and come up with ways to take over or run the world, the usual. Drinking is optional, though."

Nezhno: "Fun fun..." Nezhno said as he sipped his water.

Anna: Anna grinned at Wade, "You should! You can get people shaped molds."

Jason: "Oh, it is. Comes in handy when looking for jobs as well."

Wade: "And then make a whole city of chocolate, and all the tiny jelly people in the streets while I stomp through the city. It's beautiful." Wade added to the jellymen idea.

Anna: Anna grinned, "Sounds like a plan... we might need a bigger fridge though..."

SinJin: Ginny went over to the fridge and got himself a soda. "You want one, Jason?"

Jason: "Yes, please. Must wash the possibly yellowed food down."

Wade: "Hey, hook me up some of that too. Make sure it's the untainted one, the one with the little red dot under the can." Hey...you didn't do anything to the soda's. "Shh, they don't know that." Wade said shiftily.

Jason: "I think it's time we considered putting a fridge in the dorm. Keep our food safe."

Anna: Anna snorted and burst into giggles again, finally digging her spoon into the jelly and sucking it up.

SinJin: "I agree."

SinJin: He tossed a can at random to Wade.

Wade: If the written word could describe the face Wade made when the can his head, it would be >_O. Wade picked the can up and opened it, ignoring the splurt and the foam coming out.

SinJin: He boosted himself up to sit on a counter, idly tapping his heels against a cabinet door. "So, why is everyone down here at this time?"

Jason: "I found them all together when I came in. I believe they're scheming."

SinJin: "Scheming?" He raised his eyebrows at the others. "Do tell."

Anna: "Not scheming." Anna said through a mouthful of Jelly, "Not sleeping either."

Wade: "In between. We're scheeping." Wade helped out.

SinJin: "Ah. Well, I'm stuck."

Jason: "So these will be rather inept schemes. Stuck?"

SinJin: He just looked enigmatically at Jason and shrugged. "Article I'm writing," he finally conceeded.

Nezhno: "Well, you know the reason I'm in here. Plane food sucks."

Wade: "What's it about, maybe my magnificence can help you out. I'll be the Sharon Stone to your Albert Brooks." Wade helped out.

Jason: "The last thing we need is a crotch shot, Wade."

Nezhno: "I agree."

Anna: Anna snorted again then nearly choked on her Jelly.

Wade: "Sharon Stone had a crotch shot in The Muse?" Wade looked bemused. "Damn I gotta pay more attention to that movie."

Jason: "Well, I was going more the actress reference, of course."

SinJin: "Hmmm." He filed that tidbit away and grinned. "Well, that's not entirely unhelpful."

Jason: "..well, now I'm cuious as to what this article is focused on."

SinJin: "Oh...well. Underage sex at my old school."

Wade: "And not this one?" Wade wobbled his eyebrows at Anna, "Don't tell anyone," he told Ginny, "But she's really seventeen."

Anna: Anna laughed, "Yeah Wade, sure I am."

SinJin: "Well, it seems to be a given here."

Nezhno: Nehno couldn't help but crack a smile. "I didn't realize how much I missed this crazy place. Life here is way more simple than it was in Africa. Probably because I'm not a wanted felon here."

Anna: Anna's eyebrows went up, "You're a wanted felon?"

SinJin: He eyeballed Nezhno. "Wanted felon? What did you do?"

Jason: "And you would fly back there why exactly?...or how?"

Nezhno: "Well, that's kind of why I left so suddenly. My father died. And since my family are incredibly buddy buddy with government officials, I got a free pass to go to the funeral. I hated when my parents flaunted their power, but I was at least happy I was able to sit in the back and look inconspicuous as they told people I died in America whenver they asked questions about me."

Nezhno: "So.. yeah." Nezhno said as he got up to the fridge. "Anything else I can rummage up in here?"

Wade: Wade was impressed, "Wow, now that was a nice story. If you ever want to tell more of it, please type it out, pretty sure people would love to read something like that."

Anna: Anna chewed her lip, "Sorry to hear that, Nez."

Nezhno: "Oh it's fine. The man was a horses ass. It was because of him I was wanted over there in the first place."

Jason: All right then. "Always is, it's the universe's backroom of food." Jason arched an eyebrow but didn't ask why exactly the family that had wanted you arrested would be bringing you to a funeral but the question was still there.

Nezhno: Nezhno found some grapes and pieced a little at them. "Well, if you all are curious as to why the family that wanted me in jail wanted me at the funeral? Well, that's because my mother is an incredibly conflicted woman. She actally tried to help me after I was going to be arrested. But anywho, not to be a giant downer. But I'm just curious if anything incredibly interesting happened here. Somthing was bound to happen for as long as I was away."

Jason: "Just a quiet summer break, for me anyway. I don't exactly pay attention to others."

Nezhno: "Of course. You just observe and mock."

Wade: "Dat true!"

Jason: "Stay with what you know."

Nezhno: "Well, it seems like I never left."

[Svartfreja]

Hepzibah: Hepzibah double checked the rearview mirror, adjusted her tail as best she could in the van's driver seat and fastened her seatbelt. "Ok, turn the ignition and put it in drive." This time she double checked to make sure the gear was in "D" and not "R". She grinned at Anna who was in the seat beside her.

Anna: Anna grinned back, "Yep, always a good idea. Now. It's a sunday. The only people on the roads are Nuns, Old ladies and Catholics. You should be fine. No panicking." She said this more for herself than Hepz. It was her first time out of the mansion in weeks.

Hepzibah: "And two mutants!" Hepz cracked. It felt good to be away from the school for a bit. Things were just getting a bit tense betwen her and Scott at Remy's and Hector was still lurking about the school. She took a deep breath. This was scarier when you were trying not to cause damage. Slowly, the school van lurched forward awkwardly in the empty parkinglot.

Anna: "Doing great, Hepzi." Anna said reassurringly. She wished she'd planned ahead and got those dual control pedal things. Oh well. Maybe she wouldn't need them? "Slowly apply pressure, easy on the breaks, there's no one here."

Hepzibah: She nodded, focusing her eyes ahead of her. Her eyes saw far less than they used to, but she'd been assured her vision was 20/20 - just like a normal human. Her foot slipped and she pressed too hard on the gas pedal. The van jack rabbited forward till she slammed on the brakes in a panic and threw them against the seatbelt. Hepz gave Anna a sheepish grin. "Sorry..."

Anna: Anna patted her gentley, "Don't worry about it. No need to apologise unless the breaking's because we hit something." She smiled at her, "And I have full confidence in you. I'm sure that won't happen."

Hepzibah: "I really appreciate you giving up your Sunday to give me a driving lesson." Hepz told Anna. She steered the van round and round the parking lot, getting a little more comfortable with each passing loop. But an empty parking lot was different from a busy street.

Anna: "No problem." Anna assurred her, "I have nothing better to do." She gave her another smile, "How's it feeling now?"

Hepzibah: "A little more comfortable I think," she nodded. She practiced parking in a parking space a few times, and even toyed with backing up. It was really easy to go in reverse when you knew there was nothing behind you! She eyed the street next to the parking lot a little warily.

Anna: "Wanna try the street now? I think you got about as much car park practise as we can manage... we'll wear a hole in the floor if we keep going round like this." She grinned.

Hepzibah: Hepzibah laughed out loud. "What, you mean you don't like stopping and going round 'n round in circles??" She clenched her teeth determinedly and steered the van towards the exit. "Real world, here we come!" She gripped the steering wheel tight as they eased onto the road.

Anna: "Circles are good.... but I get dizzy and I don't like non-drunk dizzy. Not as much fun." Anna replied, wrinkling her nose a little. She managed to not tighten her grip on the chair as they steered into the main street.

Hepzibah: "You know the van is alot -" She stopped a bit too quickly at a stop sign, then started back up. "Sorry. -alot bigger than the Porshce Kyle and I drove in Vegas." Her eyes got a little larger as the big van passed another car coming the opposite direction.

Anna: "It's the same width, it's just a little longer, and you're doing fine." She gave her a reassurring pat on the arm, sneaking out a small heal for Hepz's nerves. "Absolutely fine."

Hepzibah: Being with Anna always made Hepz feel better. She relaxed a little, "Thanks Anna. I appreciate it." They drove another block or so in silence. "So, Wade been keeping you locked away somewhere? I haven't seen you out and about for weeks now."

Anna: Anna tensed up, at the question and stared out of the passenger window for a few moments. "I... I haven't really... felt like it... going out, I mean.... not since that impromptue anatomy class..." She shivered. "Don't feel so safe outside any more."

Hepzibah: Her smile faded. "Yeah, I understand, sweetie...all those dead animals." Her stomach turned at the memory of the smell.

Hepzibah: She came to a traffic light and turned right a little awkwardly. "Just between you and me and the GMC here, that's one of the reasons I'm still over at Remy's. I can't step foot inside that place at night right now." She shuddered. She was feeling more than a little excessively vunerable without her hypersenses. But that was the price she paid to be cured of her pheromones.

Anna: "Yeah... horrible..." She chewed her lip, "But I don't think it's just the mansion... think it's outside in general.... didn't even want to go home..." She sighed, "And I miss home..."

Hepzibah: "Oh, hun!" Hepz gave her a worried look. "That's not good. Have you talked to anybody. She was starting to pay more attention to her friend than the road.

Anna: Anna shook her head, "No... and I'm not going to - so keep quiet about it, okay? I'll deal with it."

Hepzibah: Hepz drew her lips into a thin line. But it wasn't like she wasn't keeping secrets of her own. "Alright, Anna. You can trust me to keep my mouth shut." The van swerved just a tiny bit. "But, you know, if you ever do wanna talk..." She left the invitation to bend her ear in the air.

Anna: "I know.... I appreciate that... thank you." She smiled at her, "Same goes for you."

Hepzibah: Her grin returned slightly. "Thanks. Life has certainly gotten more...interesting lately." The sound of a blaring horn caused Hepz to jerk her eyes back to the road and scream as the van headed straight towards a concrete barrier.

Anna: "Shit!" Anna put her hands up to shield herself but her newest ability kicked in and she turned into gas. As if that wasn't bad enough Hepz picked the wrong time to breathe and Anna felt herself drawn into the other girl's lungs. Oooooh crap! Despite this she made a grab for the steering wheel to try to get them back on course.

Hepzibah: Everything happened so fast! She saw the concrete wall bearing down on them and started to scream. Then she heard Anna curse. The next thing Hepzibah remembered was sitting in the van, which was safely idling in the median of the road.

Hepzibah: "Oh, thank God!" Hepz let a relieved laugh spill forth. "OK, I think that's enough lessons for the day, Anna." She turned to the empty passenger seat. "Anna?" She looked in the back and out the windows. "Anna??" she called louder.

Anna: No need to shout I'm right here. Anna carefully steered the van over to the side of the road and pulled to a stop.

Hepzibah: "Right whe - hey!!!" Hepz felt her hands being puppeted on the steering wheel. She sat perfectly still - even her tail. "Anna? Where are you??" She asked, worriedly.

Anna: Where do you think? She put the hand break on and switched off the engine. You breathed in at the worst possible time.

Hepzibah: You have GOT to be shitting me... Hepzibah watched herself kill the engine. "Are you saying that I inhaled you??" Oh, they were never going to hear the end of this.

Anna: Bingo. Anna sighed, Before you ask, no I've never done this before... Aaaand I don't know what to do about it.

Hepzibah: Hepz was at least able to shake her own head as it sunk in. "Oh no....nononononono....Are you telling me that...that you're - stuck?!"

Anna: That's about the sum of it, yes. Anna drummed Hepz's fingers on the steering wheel. Um... what you wanna do now?

Hepzibah: She was quiet for a moment as she watched her fingers tapping. "I think we should get back to the school and figure out a way to get you unstuck." She tried to stay as calm as someone who'd just been possessed could be as she turned the ignition over and the van hummed to life.

Anna: You, er... want me to drive? Anna figured it'd draw less attention if the driver of the vehicle was at least competant - even if it was basically a cat.

Hepzibah: "Sure..." She bit her lip as Anna steered them back into traffic. She carried on a seemingly onesided conversation while they drove. "Just don't poke around up there too much..." She frowned. "And, if you come across files labeled 'June Durum' or 'Halloween party 2009,' don't open them - trust me."

Anna: Er... okay... I don't know how this works.... Pretty sure I can't go poking around stuff you don't want me to though... And I won't if I can help it, promise. Anna carefully drove them back to the school.

Hepzibah: And just when I thought my life couldn't get any weirder... She sighed "Remind me next time not to inhale..."

Anna: I heard that. And I will remind you so long as we're not crashing at the time. She turned them into the driveway, So... Who gets to explain this?

[Svartfreja]

StAnna: Anna took herself and Hepz up to her room in the mansion. It was a somewhat awkward trip since she wasn't used to a tail and they both wanted to avoid explaining the situation to anyone. It was more than a little bit embarrassing. So do you mind if I still study while I'm in here? Don't want to waste the time.... She sat them on the tail-friendly stool by her desk and picked up a mirror to move it out of the way. It was odd seeing someone else's reflection in there.

Hepzibah: Hepzibah watched helplessly as Anna sat them down and opened a huge, daunting book. A thought occured to her..."Um...Anna." She wished she could turn her head to see if anyone was coming. "I don't know if this matters or not. But, um...I'm not really much of a reader..." She winced inwardly. In truth she was barely able to get through The Cat in the Hat with Kyle's help.

StAnna: Anna set the mirror to one side, face down. Weird. Seems fine to me. She turned to the chapter she was on and skim-read what she'd gone through so far, checking her notes to make sure she hadn't missed anything. Just as well really. She wasn't used to fur on her hands either. Bugger. she dropped the pen.

Hepzibah: As Hepz sat there, spinning her wheels it occurred to her that while Anna was reading her notes, Hepz was reading them too!! "Hey! Hey, don't worry about the pen! Go back to your notes! The three types of muscles are skeletal, cardiac, and what??"

StAnna: Anna narrowly avoided banging their head on her desk as she bent to get the pen. She reached for her note book, Smooth.... I knew that... She put the note book down again, grabbed the pen and sat up. Where was she? Right. Tendons.

Hepzibah: "Oh my God...I read that..." Hepz was stunned as her hand started writing seemingly on its own. "I read that - on my own! It's not like you told me. I just knew what it said." If she could have jumped up and down she would have!

StAnna: Anna paused in her note-taking, Yay? How bad was Hepz's reading? She frowned at what she'd just written. Didn't look right. She compared the word to the text book, Oh no e... stupid word. Fibrous.... still looks wrong... Who the hell invented English anyway...?

Hepzibah: Hepz felt like grinning like an idiot! "Hell yes! 'Yay'!" She wasn't even worried what someone might think if they walked in and caught her appearantly talking to herself in Anna's room. "I don't care who invented it!! I can read it!! What else can we read??"

StAnna: Er... plenty... She opened a drawer and pulled out the first book her hand got to. Harry Potter. She loved those books.

Hepzibah: Watching Anna open the book with her hand, she focused on the opening line. Her excitment slipped a little. "Um, Anna...how did you do this?? I mean, is it permanent?"

StAnna: How should I know? This is as new to me as it is to you... Can't see it doing any harm though. Anna looked down as something brushed their leg. Oh right. The tail. She frowned at it. "Stop moving!" Jeeze does it ever sit still?

Hepzibah: "Almost never." Hepz sighed. "Behave now!" she scolded her excited tail. She bit her lip, "If this is permament, I can't even tell you..." She trailed off for a moment, "I haven't been able to read since I was 11 years old."

StAnna: Wow, really... how come? Or... is that too personal?... Hmm I have no filter when I can think to myself, you're really screwed for awkward questions now. Sorry.

Hepzibah: Hepzibah hesitated for a second, then sighed. "Let's just say some doctors take the 'do no harm' part of the Hippocratic Oath a little more seriously than others." She shook her head as Anna retreated a tiny bit, "I didn't think you had a filter Anna." there was a definate smirk in her voice.

StAnna: Anna would have grinned if she'd had a body to herself, Oh I do... it's just not very effective - it's far worse when I'm drunk, though, believe me. She would have given Hepz a sagely nod now too.

Hepzibah: "I'll have to see that some day..." She thought that anyone looking at her would have to think she'd lost her marbles again, sitting there in Anna's room, talking to herself, reading Harry Potter.

StAnna: Stick around here long enough and I'm sure you will... it's not exactly a rare occurrance. She turned the page, Hmm... Hepzi... you hungry? There was an odd feeling in her stomach, she assumed it must be hunger but it was hard to tell.

Hepzibah: She thought for moment, trying to phrase her words. No one, except Scott knew she was using the patch. And the patch had almost completely negated her sense of taste. "You know, I'm..." She stopped, "Well, why don't we go have a look-see."

Hepzibah: She spoke again as she felt Anna standing her up. "You know, we still haven't figured out how to get you out of here."

StAnna: Yeah I know... I've been trying but... maybe we'll have to tell someone...? She walked them out into the hall and closed the door, taking extra care of the tail. Would not be good if she shut it in there by accident that was for sure.

StAnna: I hope there's chicken... I like chiken... do you like chicken? Everyone likes chicken... I'll shut up now...

Hepzibah: "Oh Christ!" Hepzibah cringed inwardly, "Who are we going to tell??" she had a sudden image of Kyle trying to look up her nose to see if he could see Anna or Dr. McCoy hooking her up to a myriad of machine to study this phenomenon. One was funny, the other was terrifying.

StAnna: No idea... maybe a telepath? Phsychics are the go-to guys for posessions right?... Or Priests but I don't think we need one of them... Well I hope not anyway... Wow that was a scary thought. She'd seen the Exorcist.

Hepzibah: "Sorry, this is my first possession..." She cringed again as one of the other students gave her an odd look as they passed down the hall. "Can't you just do in reverse whatever it was that you did to get in here?" She must sound like she was crazy!

StAnna: You want me to un-gas myself while I'm in your lungs?... That could get a bit messy you know.... Woo the kitchen! You breathed me in, remember... I've never done this before, I don't know what's supposed to happen or how it works... She opened the fridge.

Hepzibah: "Well, we've got to do something! You can't just ride around in here forever!" She got a shiver as she thought about the possilibity - what if Anna really couldn't get out?? What if she was stuck inside her body for good?? She started to feel sick to her stomach.

StAnna: Hmm... yeah... that would be bad.... Oooh yay! She pulled out a bowl of roast chicken. But lets not jump to conclusions. I'm sure I'll figure out how to get out of here eventually... Either way she was going to have to explain it to Wade sooner or later.

Hepzibah: "Eventually? Eventually like later today, or eventually, as in, before you graduate??" As Anna eyed the chicken Hepz groaned. "Anna, if you make me eat that, I think I might hurl..."

StAnna: Why? Don't like chicken? She sniffed it, Smells okay to me. She rummaged for more things and found some lettuce and tomatoes. And hopefully I won't be in here til I graduate... But not sure about the later today thing either...

Hepzibah: "Normally I like chicken, but it's a little bit hard to think about food right now. Anna, I'm serious. What happens when I have to go to the bathroom, or..." A bizarre, frightening thought hit her. "I am not kissing Wade."

StAnna: You have to eat some time.... And probably can't avoid going to the bathroom... Promise not to look? That wasn't something she'd thought about either. And I won't make you kiss Wade... Will have to explain this though.... She closed the fridge. Gonna make a sandwich.

[steyn]

BWahahahaha, this is so funny. Sorry I had to go to bed, can't wait to play Wade in all of this.

oh, one more thing, if Hepz is on the patch, then what's happening to Anna if she's in Hepz?

[Svartfreja]

Anna: Anna finished making the sandwich, (chicken, lettuce and tomato), she added some salt, chopped it in half then bit into it. Mmmmm yummy.

Hepzibah: Hepz watched as Anna puppetted her hands making the sandwich and managed to hold back a gag and other nonhelpful comments on how incredibly bland her meal was. "Ok, Anna. Focus!" She managed around a mouthful of bread and chicken. "How are we going to fix this??"

Anna: No talking while I'm chewing. Anna continued to eat. Nomnomnom. Yummy chicken. If it's any consolation, outside doesn't seem so scary from in here....

Hepzibah: "Speak for yourself, Anna." Something in her tone made Hepz a little nervous. She hoped she wasn't getting too comfortable in there. Maybe she just needed some incentive. Hepz tried to think of something that would make Anna want to get out.

Wade: Wade slipped into the room, looking a little paranoid for a second as he checked around the kitchen, ignoring the giant white kitten. "Didn't see any mutated munchkins around have you?"

Hepzibah: Oh shit! Suddenly, she wanted to trade places with Anna! He didn't seem to take any notice of her. Maybe if she was very still and quiet he'd just pass on by.

Anna: Ocrap... er.... answer him! He asked you a question! Anna carefully put the remainder of the sandwich down on the plate.

Hepzibah: "I don't want to answer him!" Hepz tail began twitching. "You answer him!!" Suddenly she clamped her mouth shut, realizing she was speaking out loud.

Wade: Wade stared at How'sya-pa for a while as his mutant munchkin paranoia was swept away and he found something else interesting to put his attention on. "You know, if I wasn't as crazy as people thought I was, I would have sworn you weren't talking to me." He had to run that sentence over in his own head before making sure it made sense.

Hepzibah: "Oh...Hi...Wade - I was just talking to - um..." She looked up at the clock. "Oh my! Look at the time, well, I've got to get going...I'll leave you to your mutant munchkins." She tried to beat a hasty retreat but her feet wouldn't move. "Anna!!" she yelped as stayed frozen to her spot.

Anna: It's too late you know. Wade's not stupid. She raised Hepz's hand and waved, "Hi Wade..."

Wade: Wade's own body kept still as he stared. "Think we covered the hi part. You seem a little bit...troubled. More than normal I mean. To keep my short attention span happy, in ten words or less, tell me what's wrong?"

Hepzibah: Her first impulse was to answer him in two words, but Hepz figured Anna wouldn't be to keen on her boyfriend being to told fuck off, so she just sigh.

Hepzibah: "Do you want to tell, or should I?"

Anna: I'll do it. "Wade, it's not just Hepzi... it's Anna. I got stuck in here.... you remember that turning into gas thing I told you about? Well... turns out I can be breathed in." She gave a nervous laugh, "Who knew?"

Wade: "Hmmm," Wade hmm'ed with an extra m at the end. "Soooo....does one of you in there think in very bright colour? Wait, no, ignore that, I mean to say, ANNA, HOLD ON, I KNOW A GOOD EXCORCIST!" he gently yelled to make sure Anna would hear him.

Hepzibah: "What is it with you guys and excorcists?!" Hepz scrunched her face up and covered her ears. "She's right here, Wade, we can both hear you just fine...may not be able to make sense out of half of what you say - but that's a whole other matter." She backed up a pace and explained to Wade how Anna had gotten inhaled into her during their near wreck.

Wade: "Hm, yeah, ah-hm, yeah, yeah, ah-hm," Wade nodded as he listened to the tail's tale.

Anna: "So now I'm stuck in here..." Anna folded their arms and leaned against the counter, eyeing the rest of the sandwich. She was now positive that Hepz was hungry. "Any ideas how to get me out? - No exorcists."

Wade: "That's quite a pickle.....I wish there was a big pickle right behind you. Have you tried the string on a slamming door idea...oh hang on...that's for loose teeth. How about drinking water upside down?" Wade suggested.

Hepzibah: Hepz felt certain parts of her body tighten up at the whole pickle insinuation and wondered if that was her or Anna. She growled. "I have a person incorporally possessing me - not a case of the hiccups Wade!!"

Hepzibah: She took a breath to calm down. "Ok, Anna, sweetie, do you have any ideas??"

Anna: Don't yell at him, he's only trying to help.... Anna wanted to give Wade a hug but didn't think Hepz would appreciate it. "I have no idea how to get me out of here, any suggestion is better than no suggestion."

Hepzibah: "Ok, ok. I'm sorry. I'm just a little stressed right now..." Hepzibah thought for a moment. Maybe if she could think of a way to make outside look more appealing than staying inside.

Wade: "I can always bait you out, Anna. Strap Hemp down on a chair and put a really nice dinner for two, that would be for me and you, you being Anna, me being Wade, put a nice dinner down, and the only way for you to join is to get out of her?" Been watching cartoons again, I see.

Hepzibah: "Hepz - not Hemp..." For that to be the most objectional part of his whole plan must mean she was surely starting to get desperate.

Anna: Anna couldn't help giggling, "Hemp..." she repeated to herself, well, Hepz too but not out of choice, "I'm not sure food'll cut it you know." She told Wade, "Sorry..."

Wade: "How about," Wade put his foot on a chair stroking his knee, a poledance." he waggled his eyebrows.

Hepzibah: "Oh no. Oh HELL no!!" Hepz practically fell backwards over her own tail. "And it's a lapdance, not a poledance!"

Wade: "I was actually suggesting me doing the poledance while you're strapped in and banAnna popping out to stick a ten dollar note in my stripper pants, but a lapdance is WAY better idea. Thanks!"

Hepzibah: "And thank you so very much for putting that mental image in my head." It's crowded enough up here as it is. Her head was starting to hurt. "But, I'll leave it to Anna to give you a lapdance AFTER she's out of my head...or lungs...or where ever she's tucked away at the moment."

Anna: That was a point - Anna had no idea where she was at the moment. She was well and truely lost. Hmm maybe I should find myself first...

Wade: "Lungs, eh? Does that mean I should give the Heimlich or does that mean I have to give mouth to mouth, I'm only asking because I need a moment to prepare myself, I'm not a big fan of fishbreath, but if it means helping banAnna out, I'll have to suffer through it."

Hepzibah: Hepz eyes went wide and she froze again, but she wasn't sure if it was Anna's doing or not. "You wouldn't dare."

Anna: Hmm.... Where am I...? Anna was working on locating herself. It wouldn't do to leave a bit of her in there when she got out. If she got out, she thought with a cringe.

Wade: "Well of course I would dare, but it depends on whether it would work. Don't wannna try and mouth to mouth Anna out of you and end up with a mouth full of mouse bits." Wade said very scientifcally.

Hepzibah: "I do not eat mice! Or fish either for that matter you...you crazy -!" she broke off in an exasperated huff. "Anna, please! Get out!" she cried almost desperately.

Anna: Working on it... Anna told her. Where was she?! She was starting to worry now. What if this was permanent? Oh there was that anxious feeling again. She wanted to curl up into a ball and hide. Oh there she was! She felt her substance drawing together again. Becoming detached from Hepzibah.

Hepzibah: Suddenly Hepz felt like she couldn't breathe, as if her lungs were filling up. She started coughing, ending up doubled over as her body tried to expel Anna.

Wade: "You don't look so well." Wade pointed out to the girl coughing on the floor. "Should I pat you on the back or something?"

Anna: Eeek! Anna felt herself ejected from Hepz, when all of her was once again in one place she reformed in a heap on the floor. "Well now... that was.... different...."

Wade: Wade stepped closer taking his shirt off and squatting down to the two girls on the floor. "I'm not looking, I'm not looking, I'm not looking." he kept staring at the wall as he held his shirt out to Anna.

Anna: Anna looked down at herself then blushed brilliantly. "Oh my god..." She took the shirt quickly and put it on, "Thank you, Wade...." So embarrassing! "Where're my clothes?"

Hepzibah: Hepz started to uncurl a little as her tail slapped and she still coughed a tiny bit. "Don't ask."

Wade: "Hopefully not in a certain someone's throat or lung, that would be awkward," Wade mentioned standing up and holding a hand out to both girls.

Anna: Anna accepted Wade's help and got awkwardly to her feet, trying not to flash him or Hepz in the process.

Hepzibah: After a moment of hesitation, Hepzibah took Wade's other hand and hefted herself up to her feet. "Thanks." She nodded, still coughing a bit. Briefly she wondered if she should go to the med lab and let Scott check her out. After all, Anna's clothes had to be somewhere. Then again, she swished her tail. No, things were already wierd enough on that front.

Wade: "Wow, you know, if you really did want to see me do the poledancing, there's way better ways to go aronud asking me."

Anna: Anna grinned, "The thought hadn't crossed my mind.... though I'm sure it will now." She gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you for trying to help."

Hepzibah: Hepz shook her head, "And now, I'm going to leave you two love birds and go be alone with my thoughts for a bit," she grinned. And go have a really stiff drink... The next time Anna gave her a driving lesson, she was wearing a gas mask!

Wade: "Aww, but you're going to miss the best part! I'm dancing along to 'Doncha wish your girlfriend'!" Wade said, giving a couple bodybuilder flex moves, even though he was far from what one would call a bodybuilder.

Hepzibah: "You know what - I'll just use my imagination." Hepz sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. Then she shoved the half eaten sandwich aong the counter to Anna. "Here ya go, hun."

Anna: Anna looked at the sandwich and her stomach cried it's approval, she smiled at Hepz, "You should eat too, you know... but thanks." She picked up the plate, "Though I think I should take it to my room and find some clothes...."

Wade: "Want me to carry you like the hero of the day?" Wade suggested with a large grin.

Anna: Anna giggled, "Ordinarily I'd say yes but there are childern running around and I don't want to give them night mares due to the shortness of this shirt."

Wade: "Hmm, you're right. I can carry the plate for you like a semi-hero?" he suggested with a smaller grin.

Hepzibah: Satisfied that Anna and Wade could handle things without her, Hepz grinned at them and slipped out of the kitchen to find a quiet, sunny spot to celebrate by taking a nap in peace and quiet.

[Ferguson]

Jason: Gripping the wheel of the van, Jason narrowed his eyes at his enemy, the semi in front of him. "You know, I'm beginning to suspect I get roped into driving just for the sake of everyone else's amusement.." Not that he minded much. There was something very amusing about driving the giant van at speeds giant vans really shouldn't be going. There also was the temptation to illusion it into a police car...again.

Monet: "Well, darling, you are quite amusing." She grinned and relaxed in the passenger seat. "You do know where we're going, correct?"

Anna: "I like driving fast, get's it over with faster." Anna grinned, "And if we crash it's no big deal - I can fix it."

Jay: Jay clung to the sides of the van with a white-knuckled grip, wings squashed uncomfortably. "Cain' we slow down a li'l...?"
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Monet: "If we crash, I won't be harmed. So I'm not worried at all." She looked over her shoulder at the new bird-boy. "Close your eyes, amant. Pretend it's a roller coaster."

Raya: Raya leaned her arms over the back of the seat in front of her, smiling at Anna's point. "Don't like going so fast, Jay?"

Monet: She looked over at Jason at that idea. "Jason, make him believe it, would you? I don't feel like invading his mind."

Jason: "That's the wonderful thing about narcoleptic parapelegic telepaths. They can deliver driving instructions much better than any GPS system ever dreamed of." Oh that truck did not just cut him off. "Little bastard!" They sped up and were soon around the offending driver. "But making him believe it would be nice...and probably confuse the hell out of the other drivers." Jason found himself tempted.

Jay: Jay just gave Monet a tight-lipped glare before flicking a look at the other girl. "Not when Ah ain' flyin' Ah don't." Not like Monet would get far into his head anyway. He'd been taught how to shield by some of the best of the Morlocks.

Anna: "It'll be fine, Jay, don't worry." Anna gave Jay a reassuring smile, "If you like I can make you feel better."

Jay: "Ah'll be fine." Jay took a deep breath.

Raya: "It's okay, just relax a little. Want to sit over here, so you don't have to squash your wings?" Raya gave him a half-smile, very used to how everybody drove around here. It wasn't that much worse than where she was from.

Monet: "Are you threatening me?" Monet glared at Jason, "I know you can do better than that. Because that was just pathetic."

rachel: Why had she agreed to go with this? She sighed and leaned back in her seat, glancing out the window every so often. With the way Jason was driving, she would've thought they would be there by now.

Jason: "...I'm talking about Xavier, not threatening you. Other people can to your mind probing mojo you realize."

Monet: "Oh yes. The bald man is narcoleptic isn't he. I never pay attention to him."

Anna: "The bald man pays for all our food and gives us a place to sleep, you should pay attention to him." Anna told Monet.

Jason: "It's difficult to pay attention to snores and drool" Jason nodded, turning down one of the more abandoned streets.

Jay: "The guy's given me a safe-house. Can say Ah'm plenty grateful."

Monet: "I could pay for all of that and more if I wanted. I do not need his money."

Anna: "So leave if you don't like it." Anna folded her arms and sat back in her seat, "Are we nearly there yet?"

Raya: "Well then why're you here?" Raya asked with a shrug. "We all need something Xavier offers us. Who is it we're going to get, out here?"

Jason: "I can be grateful without being attentive. And don't make me turn this van around, people."

Monet: "Believe me, if I could have, I would have never even come."

Jay: Jay managed to worm his way in his seat so that his wings weren't so cramped. He should have just flown, but he had no idea where they were going.

Monet: "The only reason I'm here is because of my father. I do not need the parapalegic man."

Anna: "Well then maybe you should have a little respect for our kind caretaker." Anna grouched at Monet, "And you can't turn the van around - we're on a mission." She poked her tongue out at Jason.

rachel: "We're closer to the location than we are to the school, so I'd rather not turn around," she tossed in.

Raya: "Hey, you're getting your feathers mussed." She reached out and smoothed one down that had been poking out. "Wonder what the new kid is going to be like, when we get him."

Jason: "I don't see how that stops me." Jason turned down another road despite thinking about doubling back and picking up some lunch instead. "You mean you don't want to go sightseeing in this wonderful slice of Americana? We could go poke the homeless...though that sort of is our 'mission', isn't it?"

Jay: "Hey, Ah'll fly. Ah don' care." He smiled gratefully at Raya. "Thanks...they're too big fer a van, really."

Jason: "We could strap you to the front, call you a hood ornament."

Jason: "I'm afraid you'd leave a mess on the windshield though."

Anna: Anna snorted. "Careful Jason."

Jason: "Careful what?" He asked, slowing down and eyeing the warehouses that were coming up. Those were probably it right there.

Raya: "Yeah, but they're pretty," she smiled back.

Jay: "Y'all wouldn't be able t' see a thing if I was, dude." Jay smirked.

Anna: "Careful you don't end up with a mouthful of feathers?" Anna grinned at Jay.

Jason: "Who needs to see in this thing? I'd win most collisions."

Monet: "This is quite the tank."

Jay: "Nah. Promised Bobby he can have all the fallouts."

rachel: Rachel just shook her head, "I grew up around here. I don't need to go sightseeing."

Monet: "Oh did you? How.... quaint."

Jason: "I wonder if we could get Xavier to spend some money to get a tank. We have a jet, why not a tank?" Jason pulled over, putting the van in park. "...as much as I hate to say it I believe we're here." It looked...yes, quaint was an interesting word for it.

Anna: "That's good, if we get lost you can show us where they keep the food..." Anna smiled at Rae.

Jason: "And if we get stabbed by bag ladies looking for fresh meat?"

Anna: "I'll heal you all up good as new."

Monet: "Good. I'll just wait in the van then. Would rather not get my shoes scuffed on a homeless person's dirty head."

Piotr: Piotr heard a car screech to a halt ....from the direction of sound it seemed to be right outside Just freekin great now what!

rachel: "Well, not all of us can be rich, Monet," she rolled her eyes and gave a slight smile to Anna.

Jason: "Oh no, you and Rachel are our guides!" Jason gave Monet the biggest fake smile he could muster. "You get to probe away and find the mutant among the great unwashed!"

Raya: "We'll let you go first to protect us against that," Raya quipped at Jason, climbing out.

Jay: Jay clambered out of the van and immediately stretched his wings gratefully, scratching at the scarring on his side. So was not geting in the van for the way back. Even the sewers weren't that cramped.

Monet: "Alright. But if my foot collides with something lying on the ground, I am going to swear I thought it was a trashbag. Besides, they're all trash anyway. It's not too far off."

Anna: Anna went to climb out, realised her seatbelt was still on and laughed, "Ooops..." she unhooked it and got out, managing not to fall over.

Piotr: Piotr heard voices outside...voices that seemed to belong to people around his age. Oh bunch of kids looking for a crash pad to party...hope they have plenty of vodka and hopefully some good weed

Jason: "I don't have enough meat on me for the bag ladies to go for first." Jason opened the door and looked down. Well, now or never. He stepped out, pointing to the building they apparently wanted. "Onward!"

Monet: "Go get him, Lassie," Monet shooed Jason with a hand. "Go find Timmy."

Raya: "Be careful Monet. Some of that trash can kick your ass," came the murmured reply, as Raya slowed to fall back with Anna.

Monet: "No one can kick my ass, you measley dust mite."

Jay: Jay ignored Monet's comment, pushing himself in the air with a powerful downsweep of wings, the rush of air buffeting everyone. "Eh. Sorry." He said unconvincingly.

Anna: "One of these days I'm going to possess her and dress her in a bin bag and carpet slippers...." Anna muttered darkly to Raya.

Piotr: Piotr stood up and smoothed out his ragged Cannibal Holocaust shirt and attempted to tuck a tuft of hair covering his ice blue eyes behind his ear.

Raya: "Funny thing about that is that it's one of those things people can only disprove," she countered, blowing her loose hair out of her eyes at Jay's downdraft. "I would pay you so much money to give me pictures of that."

Jason: "Well...that's one way to clear the walkway." Jason looked up at Jay, shrugging before walking towards the building. "You find him for me, Old Yeller, before we put you down for your distemper."

Monet: "You could try," she called cheerfully over her shoulder to Anna. "And remember, darling girl, I can hear you from quite a distance."

Anna: "I don't care, Monet!" Anna sang back, she grinned at Raya, "I'll loan you the camera."

Jason: "Play nice, children. We're being student ambassadors." Jason called back in a sort of sing-song voice.

Jay: "Quit arguin', kids, let's go find this guy." Jay sighed from his height twenty feet off the ground.

Anna: "Who's arguin'?" Anna asked, looking up, "I'm having fun!"

Monet: Monet arched an eyebrow at Jason and smirked, "Un, you need to work on your sing-song voice. Deux, you're one to talk."

Piotr: From the sound of the voices they seemed like rich yuppie types quibbling over who was like the totally awesomest. Piotr shook his head Just great my favorite type of people

Raya: Raya laughed, nodding as she followed the group. "Does that mean we can throw shoes at each other, like the UN?" she called jokingly to Jason. "If he's here illegally he probably wouldn't be on the first floor."

rachel: Rachel ran a hand through her hair after the draft Jay created, attempting to get it to sit right again. She followed the others toward the building, slightly wishing someone would pop up and stab her so she wouldn't have to hear the sound of Monet.

Piotr: Piotr gently crept to the railing in an attempt to get a look at his revered guests

Piotr: The floor creaked slightly under his muscular frame.

Anna: "Ooo a penny!" Anna dived on it, "Mine!"

Monet: Monet looked up at the creak and flew up to see whoever was peering down on them. "Spying is rude."

Anna: Oooh and it was shiny. She watched the light reflect off it.

Jay: Jay grinned, perfectly imitating Monet's voice. "Oooh, look, a bug on my Prada!"

Raya: Raya cocked her head at the creak, looking up, but losing her concentration on the sound at Jay's imitation. "I like you already, Jay."

Anna: Anna snorted at Jay's impression, "That's uncanny! Do it again!"

Jason: "Yes, throw all of the shoes you want." Jason was sure that they could do a good deal of damage. "And I am one to talk. I thought I've been behaving myself actually. This is my good." He stopped, looking up as Monet seemed to be greeting who might be their prey. "Rude but probably a better form of entertainment than what one would usually find here."

Monet: "You lack humor, Joshua." Her attention turned back to the man. "Who are you?"

Piotr: Piotr looked at the group Well they don't all look Richie Rich, but at least that one certainly was "I beg thy pardon madam," Piotr said in his best faux ettiquite, "But it's you who are being rude coming into my pad."

Piotr: "I might ask you the same question M'lady."

Monet: "You are mistaken. I have not entered your 'pad'. I'm still in the street. Or, rather, the air above the street."

Jason: "I'm sorry, I doubt you own this building." Okay, who thought it was a good idea to send Jason on a mission to pick up people? Xavier must have been half asleep when he got him for driving.

Raya: "Hey! Can you come down from there? Please?" Raya called, assuming talking with Monet alone would get them nowhere fast.

Piotr: "Squatters rule my friend...no one was here when I got here...finders keepers."

Monet: "Jason! Would you like to come meet the trespasser?"

Jason: "And we're very delighted to not have to keep it." Jason smiled, stepping closer.

Piotr: Piotr looked over at another one of them who seemed to have basic social graces, "Sure thing, be down in a second."

Monet: "Finders keepers? And Jason thought we were childish."

Jay: Jay pulled a face at Monet as she flew, before grinning at Anna. He manuvred himself in front of the new guy, his wings working to keep him airbourne and arms folded.

Jason: "Sticks and stones, sticks and stones."

Raya: "Thanks!" Raya smiled up at them, hair blowing in the little breeze Jay's wings kicked up. "No whips and chains, Jason?"

Piotr: Piotr leapt from the railing making quite a ruckus as he kicked up quite a cloud of smoke as he landed.

Jay: "Seems to prefer politeness to bitchiness, lady." Jay smirked at the girl, before heading down to land. "Wow, big guy."

rachel: She snickered at Jay's impression and glanced at the guy, putting in, "Feel free to ignore her. We all try to."

Anna: "Oh no... another tall one... I'm gonna stand with Raya...." Anna shuffled over to the other girl.

Piotr: "Yea?, Piotr said curtly.

Jason: "That entirely depends on who is asking." Jason answered Raya. He waved his hand in front of himself, trying to get the dust and...whatnot in the air away from him. "Quite...the impact. Do you have something against your floor?"

Piotr: "According to you Jeeves...it's not mine," Piotr said with a snicker.

Raya: "Oh wow. That's...pretty cool," Raya murmured, backing up a step at the dust cloud, completely unaffected by it in her face. "Hey there," she repeated, quieter now that he was closer.

Jay: Jay snorted. "Ah can hardly say anythin'. Ah lived in a sewer for a while. So...what're you doing here, dude?"

Piotr: "What brings you to Hunt's Point?"

Jason: "Far be it for me to quibble about squatter's rights. Though I must make an acception, not a butler." Jason smiled more. "You named it? Really?"

Raya: "Looking for someone, actually."

Piotr: "Look around preppy...this whole neighborhood is Hunt's Point."

Jason: "Hmm, maybe they'll let loose the hounds sometime."

Piotr: Piotr put an arm around Jason and turned him, "See those ladies over there...they're hookers....tranny hookers at that HA!" Piotr said slapping Jason on the back forgetting his strength for a moment.

Monet: "Are you blind Jason? He's already loose." She flew back down to stand beside him and looked up at the man. "He's just chosen to stay in an area he's not allowed to be in."

rachel: Rachel shook her head. This was going to take forever.

Jay: Jay sighed, running a hand through his pillarbox hair before taking to the air again, whipping up the dust. He so did not have the patience for this any more.

Piotr: "Well if Muffy and Biff here can keep their traps shut....what are you guys doing here in the armpit of hell I call home....currently"

Anna: "Looking for you.... I think." Anna replied, still slightly distracted by her shiny penny.

Raya: "Looking for you," Raya smiled calmly. "We're here to extend an invitation, if you wwant to come with us."

rachel: "I don't think it's possible for them to shut up."

Monet: Monet looked up at the man then at Jason under his arm. "I believe, it would be just Jason in the armpit of hell."

Monet: "You should put your arm down. You need a shower. Quite badly."

Piotr: Piotr got a nervous look suddenly and stepped back towards the door, "Who sent you?....was is Shostepovelik's men?"

Jay: "Trust me, dude. It's a sweet deal they're offerin'."

Jason: "I can't say as I'm surprised by the hookers." Jason winced, that was...well he had a feeling as to what mutty's mutation might be now. "Yes, as you can tell by our friend of the crimson wings and as I can tell by the fact that you've tried to remove my shoulder blade we have something in common."

Raya: "Um. No, it's a school. You should come with us, you get free food and a clean room with cable," she said, curious in the face of the guy's nerves. "We're not out to get you...not in a bad way."

Jason: Freedom! Freedom from the armpit of hell! "So no, not whoever that would be."

Jay: "...The first asshole to say they're blood-coloured gets a ballistic angel kick free of charge."

Piotr: Cable Huh

Piotr: "And where exactly is this school?"

Monet: "Stop being an imbecile. We do not know anyone by the name of Shostepovelik," Monet said in Russian as she rolled her eyes.

Piotr: "I'm an imbecile....yet you are the one wearing name brand multi hundred dollar shoes in the worst neighborhood in NY." Piotr said with a chuckle.

Raya: "Out in Westchester. It's really nice, actually, you should come," Raya said quietly. "Everyone's pretty nice there. Except those two," she pointed vaguely at Jason and Monet.

Monet: "I did not choose to come here. But you are trespassing and apparently, someone wants your ungrateful, completely disgusting self, at our school."

Jason: "Westchester" Jason answered, rubbing his shoulder some. "And nice takes far too long and isn't nearly half as rewarding."

Raya: "Told you."

Jay: Jay folded his arms, rolling his eyes. "Yanno...Ah'm a rich kid from Georgia, and Ah don't act like a spoilt brat."

Jason: "But you do preen your feathers, don't you?"

Anna: "Money is overrated...." Anna mumbled, still looking at her penny and reflecting the light onto Monet's shoes.

Piotr: Piotr spun around and got face to face with Monet and pointed a finger directly in her face, "I've had just about enough of Blair and Chastity over here....if you are all mutes like me, besides our airborn friend what else do you people do?"

Monet: Monet didn't even blink at the sudden movement from the man. "You would rather not have me show you."

Jason: "I think the last thing that could be associated with her is the word chastity."

Jay: "Only to get the shit out, dude." Jay grinned down at Jason. He cocked his head, taking on Monet's voice again. "Well...I can be a bitch sometimes...but give me a nice back scratch and I'm yours."

rachel: "Be careful," she warned the guy as he got in Monet's face, "She's likely to bite, and you don't want whatever she may have."

Raya: "All different sorts of things," Raya answered. "Want to see proof?"

Anna: Anna cracked up at Jay's impression of Monet again. "I like you already!" she told him.

Monet: "No, dear Jay. Give me a nice back rub and I'll make you mine. I belong to no one."

Piotr: "Oh I'm not worried....," Piotr said as suddenly his entire body turned into a bright shining metal...with some spots where it seemed tarnished.

Raya: "Oh wow..."

Piotr: "Let's see her bite through this!"

Jay: "Well sorry, Miss Prada." Jay grinned, still using her voice. "But you're not my type, darling."

Jason: "Be careful, last time I did my impression of her it got me into a world of hurt." Jason laughed at Jay before turning back to Piotr. "...please, we don't need anyone biting some shiny metal ass."

Anna: "Ohhh that's cool! If we get in trouble, he's my new hitchhiking target!" Anna grinned.

Jason: "Just don't plow a car into him?"

Monet: Monet arched an unimpressed eyebrow. "I don't need any fake jewelry or mounts on the wall. And dear, that's all you are to me."

Piotr: "Would you prefer if I kicked the silver spoon farther into your pompous ass?"

rachel: "I don't think it'll go any farther."

Monet: "I like it in my mouth, merci." She grinned. "Step down."

Piotr: "I'm sure among other things."

Jay: Jay dropped his voice at the metal-man. "Wow. Remind me not to try to pick y'all up, dude." He flew over to him to get a better look. "See, everyone gets the cool abilities."

Raya: "Too much information," Raya murmured. "So, other than already clashing with a few of our illustrious mates, you want to come back with us?"

Piotr: Piotr was officially dont talking to those two so he turned to the others, "Sure why not lemme grab my stuff be right back."

Piotr: Piotr walked back into the warehouse.

Jason: "You have stuff? We'll hook up the hose when we get back."

Monet: "That was extremely easy. How sad."

Piotr: "Sooo funny," Piotr's voice echoed from the warehouse.

Anna: "What were you hoping we'd have to smack him around?" Anna raised an eyebrow at Monet.

Jason: "We're just that hard to resist." Jason smirked to Monet.

Monet: "With how he was behaving, it would have been incredibly fun to see him try and hurt me." She grinned at Jason, "Oh darling, we're irresistable."

Raya: "Only if you're a masochist," Rays said dryly at Monet.

Piotr: "sorry cupcake you nor her are my type," Piotr said as he exited the warehouse carrying two trunks on his shoulders.

Jason: "Was that to her or to me? If it was to me then I think I should start believing in God just so I would be able to thank him."

Jay: Jay pushed himself higher with another downsweep aimed specifically at Monet, dust kicking up again. "Makes me wish Ah had my mp3 with me." His voice drifted down.

Piotr: "God is simply Dog backwards as far as I can tell."

Monet: "Oh good, then I don't have to put up with you fawning at my feet." She arched an eyebrow at Jason, "You should thank Him anyway, just in case."

Raya: "I'd ask if you need help, but I doubt I'd be much good," Raya chuckled at Piotr. "I'm Raya. You got a name?"

Anna: "Careful who you say that to." Anna warned the new guy, brushing her fingers over the small silver crucifix around her neck.

Monet: Monet closed her eyes and flew up with the force of wind, making sure she wouldn't fall. She turned in the air to face Jay, "That was not very nice. I have not done anything to you yet."

Jason: "Well, I'm sure that the school will help you grasp greater concepts." Jason started towards the door, ready to be out of here. "And you're right, I should probably cover my bases. Thank God....no it feels horrible in my throat."

Jay: "Yeah you have." Jay smiled easily. "You asked me if Ah killed my family." With that, he swooped under her, circling over the crowd below. "Hey! We done here, y'all? Ah wanna get home."

Piotr: "I allow all to beleive as they like...as long as they do the same with me...I'm Piotr."

Jason: "How terribly gracious of you. I feel so very free."

Jay: "Name's Jay." Jay grinned down. "Would offer mah hand but don't wanna get it crushed, no offence."

Monet: "Because if you had killed them I would kill you. How was I supposed to know you lived there? All you said was you were there and that was how you got the scars. It could have easily been someone protecting their home from you."

Raya: "We're all pretty cool with the beliefs thing," Raya smiled. "Good to meet you, Piotr," she offered him her hand, small as it was, but with a genuine smile.

Monet: Monet landed softly on her feet. "Monet," she said to the new guy and moved towards the van. "Let's get out of this hell hole, shall we?"

Piotr: Piotr placed the trunks into the van as best he could then reverted back to flesh and blood, "Sorry forget when I change sometimes."

Anna: "I'm Anna," She told the guy, "And don't worry too much about breaking somone's bones by accident - that's what I'm here for." She grinned.

Piotr: Piotr took Raya's hand and looked her over for a moment, "Errr...nice to make your acquaintence."

Raya: "Same goes," she said. "Don't worry about the beliefs thing. Everyone's different. Some just more so than others."

Jason: "Surely, and quickly I'm thinking." Jason got back behind the driver's seat. "Just try not to put on your armour of dog while in the van. Might give it a bit of an issue I'd imagine."

Monet: Monet climbed back in the passenger seat.

Jay: Jay didn't even acknowledge Monet's speech. He didn't want to be as angry as he'd been burying Jill again. Not yet. He pushed up into the air. "Ah'm flyin'!" He called down.

Monet: "Don't get lost," she called up.

Anna: Anna got back into the van, wishing she could control her teke long enough to fly on the trip back. Didn't like being in the same place as Monet.

Jay: "Not likely." Jay muttered, a good fifty feet and climbing. "Not with your whining."


Piotr: Piotr looked toward Raya and Anna and smirked slightly.

Raya: Raya waved up to Jay as he gained height, climbing back into the van with the others. "So. Piotr...Russian, right? I think..."

Jason: "So, who would like to get back a bit quicker? I know I would."

Piotr: "Da...I mean yes...I speak it but I've been out of any culturally russian area for many years."

Monet: "The quicker the better, darling."

Anna: "Quick is good, Jason," Anna replied with a smile, "I think I said that already." Need to get back inside somewhere safe. Hope Wade isn't working...

Jason: Jason smirked, starting up the corner and putting the police cruiser illusion over the van before speeding off. That would at least earn them some space on the road.

Piotr: Piotr looked dead into the rear view mirror, "ARE WE THERE YET!"

Raya: "I don't speak it but for a couple words...but I've got enough other languages to more than compensate. Pretty cool though." She covered one ear at the yell, shaking her head at the noise.

Anna: Anna winced at the yell and fought to keep herself together. Notrightnowgodno!

Monet: <Shut up or I will push you out of this van myself.>

Piotr: Piotr looked at Raya and Anna, "Sorry that was meant for them."

Jason: "Don't tempt me into getting rid of your voice."

Monet: "Oh yes, please do."

Raya: "Okay, no more shouting in my ear, hm? Kinda hurts when you do that." Raya pushed her hair back, but smiled lightly.

Monet: She looked over at Jason, "I would give you that trip to Europe you wanted before."

Anna: "Not good with sudden noises.... or surprises in general right now...." Anna replied, "Please don't do that again."

Jason: "...really now?" Jason looked up briefly.

Piotr: Piotr nodded sheepishly to Anna

Monet: "I would."

Jason: Jason smirked wickedly. "It would only be polite to show what else I could do, wouldn't it?"

Monet: "We'll work out the details later. It wouldn't be the exact same deal, you realize."

Raya: "Not while you're driving," Raya settled into her seat, crossing her arms around one bent knee. "Can you wait till we're actually back at the school and stopped? Please?"

Monet: Monet frowned, "What in the world are you talking about, Raya?"

Jason: "Oh, of course." Jason nodded to Monet. "Why wait? I've already got one illusion going, another wouldn't hurt at all."

Raya: "Jason showing off."

Monet: "He can drive and illusion more than one thing at the same time. He's quite talented."

Jason: "Why thank you, Monet."

Monet: "Pas d' problème.."

Piotr: <r> I somehow forsee this is not the last time I shall butt heads with well these two buttheads.<r>

Raya: "No idea what you just said."

Monet: "He's being rude."

Piotr: "Don't worry bout it...regardless I'm sure you agree."

Jason: "To be certain." Jason agreed with Monet, pressing down on the gas more as cars finally got over for him. Really, this was the only way to drive.

Raya: "To you? Who would ever do that?"

Piotr: <r> "Rudeness begets rudeness, princess." <r>

Monet: "Oh no, he was speaking about you, darling." She grinned at her white lie and ignored the lunkhead.

Piotr: Piotr looked at Raya and knew she didn't beleive this overly pampered poodle in prada...cheap prada.

StAnna: Anna sighed and started tapping a foot. Want to be home now.....

Raya: "I'm nowhere near your darling, but thank you anyway," she smiled dryly at Monet. "You okay, Anna?"

Monet: "Darling, nothing I buy is cheap. But you wouldn't know the difference between real and knock-offs anyway."

Piotr: Apparently neither do you

StAnna: "Huh? No... er.... wait... what was the question?" Anna blinked at Raya.

Raya: "I asked if you were okay. You look a little razzed," she supplied.

Monet: "You really are a child aren't you?" She looked over at Jason, "It would help to turn off his brain as well." Monet smiled contently as she put her shields up so tight nothing could get through.

StAnna: "I...er.. I don't know... I think... I just want to be home now...."

Piotr: <r> "You'd think with all that money your parents could have afforded to teach you If you have nothing nice to say don't say anything at all." <r>

Jason: "But then there would be drool and lose of bodily control...so not really that big of a change." Jason reached up, shutting the illusioned gate between the front and the back. A barrier was a nice thing.

Monet: "Ah thank you. That is much better." She grinned at Jason, "He really doesn't know who he's dealing with does he?"

Jason: "Not all of the players on the board can be up to our level of play." He sighed, just shaking his head as he finally got to the main road.

Piotr: "So....tell me more about this school, with free food and cable," Piotr said to the two sitting on either side of him.

Raya: "The kitchen's always stocked, and open all the time, with...practically everything. A few of us will cook stuff during the week and leave it in the fridge," she explained. "And the TV's in the rec room. Again, always open, though you might have ti fight someone for the remote. Other than that, and all of us being mutants, it's pretty normal. Classes, grades, everything."

Piotr: "Classes...I knew there was a catch," Piotr said with a smirk.

[Svartfreja]

Anna: Anna grinned at Wade as she put on the safety goggles. "How do I look?" She struck a pose then cracked up, "Oooh this is going to be so much fun!"

Wade: "Like a daisy with army boots." Wade said, putting his googles on and giving the same pose she did, "How do I look?" he asked, even holding the gun in the pose, accidentally shooting off a ball. "Whoops, little premature that."

Anna: Anna giggled, "Very dashing." She picked up her gun, "You think the other people are ready by now?" She tugged the sleves of the jumpsuit she was wearing back a little since they were too long for her arms. "We better win..." She tried on a serious look but it didn't feel right so she grinned again.

Wade: "I'm sure the rest are ready," he said then pointed to their team mates with his gun, "How can we not win with a team like this?" he asked, then accidentally letting off another ball, this time into an unfortunate guy's crotch. "Ehh..just walk it off, the pain will go away by the time we start."

Anna: Anna laughed, "You keep this up you'll have 'killed' our whole team before we start." She brushed her fringe out of her eyes, "Okay, we have one more thing to decide.... who's going after the flag?"

Wade: "Wanna flip a coin? You know, the biggest thing I can't understand about paintball games is that just one shot and you're supposed to be dead. I'm pretty sure I'd survive a shot in my foot. Or my hand. Or my stomach. Or my chest. Or my face." Wade said while deep in thought.

Anna: Anna giggled, "Yeah..." she lowered her voice, "I could cheat a little too..." she looked shiftily around the room, "They probably wouldn't notice...."

Wade: "In war, there's only winners and losers. No such thing as cheating." Wade lowered his voice, "so cheat as much as you can." Wade then looked up when sound went off and an announcement that he game was about to start.

Anna: Anna grinned, "Okay then!" She bounced over to their teammates, "Does anyone particularly want to go after the flag? Cause if there are no takers I don't mind going..." She gave Wade a look that said 'if I'm going so are you'.

Wade: "I nominate him," Wade said, pointing to the guy who's clearly still cringing down in pain at his groin. He in turn said something that children under age ten shouldn't hear. "I retract my nomination, reason being pottymouth."

Anna: Anna giggled, "Okay, well then, let's say Wade and me go for the flag all the rest of you either guard or distract?" Her plan was to be all stealthy and hope the other team weren't smart enough to guard their flag well.

Wade: "Lock and load, people, hoorah!" Wade said very marine like. "Now, where's their flag?" Wade asked Anna at the same time the starting bell sounded.

Anna: "Other end of the field, far away from ours." Anna replied, "All we have to do is steal their flag and get it back here before they pilfer ours.... hopefully without getting shot to bits." She grinned. "But that shouldn't be a problem..."

Wade: "Can't we just kill them all and walk the flag back here? I mean, I can just use Grumpy over there," he pointed with his gun again to the same guy as before, "and use him as a human shield."

Anna: "That could work too..." Anna grinned, "Well I'll be stealthy and you can kill as many people as you can, how's that?" She would obviously take out anyone that she could too, that went without saying. "Always nice to have a plan B."

Wade: Wade moved up against the side of the obstacle wall at their side, "Okay, so, first we gott get to the otherside and or kill everyone..." he quickly checked around the corner, "Can't see anyone."

Anna: "This is good...." Anna shuffled to check the other way, "Okay some of you guys guard...." There was a scuffle while the other team members fought over who got to stay behind in the relative safety of their base. Anna rolled her eyes, "While they do that... I'm gonna go for it, while there's no one around...." She did another check.

Wade: "Grumpy! Quick, over here," the guy with the yellow groin got closer, "I just want to apologize for the shot to the privates, private, and for the other thing." Grumpy asked; "What other thing?" to which Wade answered with "This," and then yanked the guy in clear view. He got shot twice by two different directions. Wade turned to Anna, "One over there, and one over there," he pointed.

Anna: Anna grinned, "Thanks, Wade.... and sorry." She apologised to their decoy, wrinkling her nose a little, "Your sacrifice shall not be in vain!" She fired a shot in the direction one of the 'bullets' had come from and heard a yell, then darted out of their base and off into the undergrowth.

Wade: Wade went the other way, shooting at the other shooter. "How do you aim with this thing?" He yelled to no-one in particular. He figured the more people aimed at him, the less would aim at Annagram. He tired another shot and heard the yell, giving another shot, just to make sure the guy knew he was dead, and then going out into the shrubbery that way.

Anna: Anna was having a lot of fun and her natural clumsiness was, amazingly, proving to be a benefit to her. People that spotted her weren't expecting her to fall over so they inevitably missed and while they were busy laughing she shot them instead. It was great! Also, the few that did manage to get her while she was standing upright found that their shots mysteriously missed. Ah the wonders of teke. But the misses weren't always intentional on Anna's part either.

Wade: "Bang! Bangbang Bang! Bang bang!" Wade yelled as he shot. The more he shot, the more he got used to the paintball gun's aim. "Your dead!" he yelled. He stopped behind a barrel and looked up and around for any sign of Anna, a paintballjust missing him. "Sonofa!" he yelled and shot a bunch more pellets at the poor fool who tried to get him.

Anna: By now Anna could see the enemy base, there were a few people there guarding the flag. She frowned, chewing her lip while she tried to decide how to tackle them. She shot one of them in the chest. Two more to go. She moved locations in case they returned fire.

Wade: Wade caught up with Anna and watched from the sideline for a while, seeing her predicament. He shrugged to himself and then loudly yelled, "Oh no. I seem to be out of bullets. Oh what shall I do now? I ever so hope no-one will come my way and shoo-" Wade shot the first guy that got too close.

Anna: Anna managed not to laugh outloud. Thank you Wade... She nipped in, shot a guy in the back and grabbed the flag. Then legged it.

Wade: Apparently they already killed off most of the enemy on their way to the flag, because on their way back to the base, Wade only killed two guys, one of them was accidentally friendly fire. Wade hoped the second shot to grumpy wouldn't leave any permanent damage, else he'll have to adopt.

Anna: The end was in sight, their flag was still on it's pole! Anna some how found more energy for an extra burst of speed for the home stretch. Then she fell over.

Wade: "Hot girl down!" Wade yelled, running for her, giving a couple action rolls and jumps over shrubbery and other obstacles, and basically making his way to her an extra long detour before he finally crouched down beside her, "Come on private, it's only a fleshwound, you can make it."

Anna: Anna rolled onto her back and grinned at Wade. "I'm okay!" she announced, firing a shot at a sneaky enemy. She got up, checked she still had the flag and carried on her short sprint to the finish line where she got shot in the ass. "Ow!"

Wade: "Baby! Noooooooooo...oooooo!" Wade yelled as he shot ruthlessly at the poor soul that had the misforune to get up that morning and decide that paintball might be fun to play. "Raaaaargh!" Instead of grabbing the flag, Wade grabbed Anna, holding her over the shoulder while he still shot with the gun. Luckily she still had the flag, and the two went the final few steps to the end.

Anna: "We win!" Anna cried triumphantly as she waved the flag, the remaning few members of their team cheered, Anna gave Wade a kiss on the cheek, "Thank you for rescuing me." She then rubbed the point the paintball had hit. It was going to bruise that was for sure. "Ow..." she grinned, "Oh well, what's a battle without a few war wounds?"

Wade: "Exactly.....want me to kiss it better?" he asked while wobbling his eyebr....his goggles.

Anna: Anna giggled, "Maybe later... when we haven't got an audience." She glared at the other members of the team who seemed a little too interested. "Lets go get changed and then we can have some lunch... or a shower..."

Wade: Wade had leaned against the wall obstacle while Anna talked, "Communal shower?" he asked rather perky, "How about a subway? Oh oh oh, a subway during our shower! Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!" he said.

Anna: Anna laughed, "Hmm... soggy bread... not sure how we'll make that one work," She lifted her goggles off her head, "But I suppose we can figure something out."

Wade: "Onwards to subway!" Wade said as everyone started leaving, and then Anna going, finally Wade pushed himself off of the wall he was leaning against, took off his goggles and mask and took a deep breath, "I love the smell of vegetable oil with colourant in the morning." And with that he left, leaving a large blue paint stain on the wall where he leaned against.

[Svartfreja]

Mayhem: Mayhem was curled up on his bed, still recovering from the operation but at least out of the medlab now. He was still in a fair amount of pain, but that didn't come close to just how shit he felt about the whole thing.

Mayhem: Damnit, he knew they'd have to take a good amount of tissue...but he'd lost it all.

Anna: Anna hurried along the corridor. Crapcrapcrapcrapcrap! Where was it?! It had to be in Wade's room, that was the only place she hadn't checked yet. She skidded to a halt at the door, nearly falling over but managing to steady herself by grabbing the doorframe. She knocked, "Hello? Wade? You in there?"

Mayhem: "No, but it's open." Mayhem called, voice still a little croaky from tiredness. "Y'll have to let yourself in...I'm not allowed out of bed."

Anna: Anna opened the door and poked her head inside, "Hey Mayhem... er... sorry to disturb you but I've misplaced a textbook that McCoy wants...." She chewed a lip, "Mind if I have a look for it?"

Mayhem: "Sure...y' b'ain' disturbing me, wasn't asleep. Don' mind the company actually." Mayhem straightened out, but still stayed mostly curled, ears flat against his skull and feeling utterly miserable.

Anna: Anna smiled a little at him and slipped inside, closing the door again. She went over to Wade's side of the room and started to hunt down the book, "So, how're you feeling, May?"

Mayhem: "Shit." Mayhem muttered. "They think they got everything but..." He bit his lip. "No way of knowing, it'll probably come back and at the end of it I've lost-" He cut himself off. "Let's just say I won't be ever considerin' a girlfriend again." He finished miserably.

Anna: "... Oh... Wow... I'm sorry May..." She stopped her search to look at him, "Really sorry... I hope it worked..." She looked down at the floor.

Mayhem: "Probably only a temp'rary measure." Mayhem sighed. "Cancer don't ever really go away..." He curled up a little again. "Sorry for depressin' ye. Must be the drugs're somethin'..."

Anna: "Oh no... it's okay, really." She got up and started searching again, "My mam's a nurse... we hear stories all the time... And my uncle had cancer until... well... it was an accident... but I cured him." She flashed him a quick smile over her shoulder, "We, er, called it a 'miracle'...." she gave a nervous laugh.

Mayhem: Mayhem looked at Anna, biting his lip. "You...cured cancer?" She also cut Wade open. And probably still giggles at the video. He shuddered.

Anna: Anna nodded, "Yeah... I can heal all kinds of normally fatal things..." she turned again and sat down on Wade's bed, facing May, "My uncle would have died if I hadn't... we went to say goodbye.... I couldn't control my powers back then so when I touched his hand I healed him without meaning to...."

Mayhem: Mayhem scratched his chin slowly. "Um...so he's okay now?"

Anna: Anna nodded again, "Yeah, he's fine now. Really pleased... he's doing all kinds of crazy things for charity." They still hadn't told him what had really happened and there were no plans to either. "It's nice."

Mayhem: Mayhem chewed his lip again, wondering if his...well...his everything was important enough to get over his instinctive fear of Anna. "I'll bet. If I survive this...might do the same." If. Yeah, there was the deal right there, really.

Anna: Anna frowned sadly, "Don't think like that, you have to be positive, May." She gave him a small smile, "You're strong, you can beat this thing."

Mayhem: "It's already eaten it, Anna." Mayhem curled up a little. "There's no guarantee this got rid of it. Chances are it didn't, it got into the lymph node that's...down there." He sniffed. "Even then...all all of this does is buy me a little extra time, not cure me."

Anna: "You might be fine, don't expect the worst and..." She stopped, "And.... if you... I mean... I could... well...." She sighed, "If you really wanted to be sure... I could heal you too."

Mayhem: Mayhem gripped the sheet at that. "...You won't try to cut me open or...or anythin'?"

Anna: Anna blinked at him, "Why the hell would I cut you up? That's not how I heal people... What gave you that idea?"

Mayhem: Mayhem blinked at her. "Wade. You cut him up and video'd him hiccupping. Then y' kept watching it and giggling. That kinda makes a guy nervous." He smiled at her a little nervously.

Anna: Anna couldn't help laughing, "Oh my god! That was ages ago! I haven't cut anyone up in ages... well except the DR programs." She smiled at him, "I'm completely harmless, I promise - I'm studying to become a surgeon, that's why I was cutting Wade up in the first place. He offered..."

Anna: Anna crossed the room to sit nearer May, "I promise you, I'm no danger to you. And as for the giggling, well... I guess you had to be there. It was funny at the time."

Mayhem: Mayhem bit his lip. "It was still creepy as hell, Anna." He pushed himself into a semi-sitting position, wincing as the pain got a little worse. "Ugh...you promise you won't do that then?"

Anna: "Cut you up? Of course not... and I'm sorry I creeped you out, I had no idea... wow that really explains a lot." She smacked her forehead with her palm, "I'm such an idiot. Forgive me?"

Mayhem: "...On one condition." Mayhem smiled a little nervously, before holding a hand out self-consciously, hoping like hell she didn't actually need to touch the...ah...infected area. "Help me out?"

Anna: Anna smiled at him, "Gladly. I don't like seeing people suffer." She touched his hand and allowed herself to release a heal. But nothing happened. "Something's not right...."

Mayhem: Mayhem blinked at her. He'd felt...something...but he was still in pain, still... "What? What's wrong?"

Anna: "I don't know... doesn't feel right..." Anna frowned, "I've never felt anything like it... it's like... like it was blocked..."

Mayhem: "...Blocked? Oh! I was shielding...would tha' stop it?" Mayhem tried hard not to let the sinking disappointment show.

Anna: Anna shrugged helplessly, "I don't know... I've never come across it before..... I wish I knew more about how my mutation worked..." She felt awful now, why couldn't she help him?

Mayhem: Mayhem bit his lip, letting go of Anna's hand. "But..." He shifted, suddenly feeling uncomfortable.

Anna: Anna sighed, "I'm sorry May...." She went to reach an arm around him for a reassuring hug but stopped and stared at his head, "Oh my God....."

Mayhem: "...What?" Mayhem actually squirmed, a feeling not unlike numbness spreading over him. He reached up to rub at his suddenly itchy scalp - and stopped at the feel of hair. Hair about three inches long and growing. He could actually feel it shifting under his fingers. "...The hell?"

Anna: Anna got up quickly, "I don't know... never seen anything like this either!" Anna stared, "How do you feel?" She shook herself, Panicking won't help. Doctor hat on. Check. "Any pain?"

Mayhem: "N-no-" In fact, the pain was...it was fading. "It's goin' away, actually. What did you do?" He raised his other hand to feel his growing hair, then felt his face - definite stubble there. Mayhem realised vaguely that he was going to have to shave for the first time in weeks.

Anna: "It... it wasn't me... at least... I don't think it was...." She put a hand up to cover her mouth because she couldn't will it to close, "I don't know how this happened.... I'm not... we should get McCoy."

Mayhem: Mayhem started to nod, before he suddenly pulled his legs up to his chin, green eyes wide and staring as his ears swivelled forward, dead-straight blond hair now in his eyes. "Uh. Maybe. In a minute. Yes. I think I...might. Need a minute here."

Anna: Anna blinked at him, then blushed as realisation dawned and she dropped her gaze to the floor - looking everywhere but at Mayhem. Oh there was the text book!

Mayhem: Mayhem himself was bright red, his skin colour returning to normal again as his hair reached to his lower back and started to slow. Everything was growing back. Everything. And it was bloody uncomfortable and weird feeling it - but at least the pain was gone! And the fatigue! He hadn't felt this good since he'd first arrived! Finally he straightened out, staring at Anna in awe. "What did you do?"

Anna: Anna shook her head, looking up at him again, "I don't know... just did what I normally do... I didn't think it had worked - like I said, it felt different...."

Mayhem: "You're...positive...? But that means...I did it...but I've never done anythin' like that! Ever..." Mayhem stared at Anna from underneath his hair.

Anna: Anna shrugged again, "I really don't know, May... but either way.... yay, right?"

Mayhem: For answer, Mayhem literally bounded out of bed, PJs and all, and glomped Anna, squeezing her and babbling happily in Cornish, not caring if she couldn't understand him as he picked her up and gave her a bear hug.

Anna: Anna squeaked a little at the sudden and rib-crushiness of the hug, then she laughed and managed to free up her arms to hug him back, "I have no idea what any of that means but... I think, you're welcome?"

Mayhem: Mayhem was nearly crying but he figured he'd save that for later as he put Anna down. "You have no idea..." He scratched at his cheek and pulled a face. "I'm going to go shower, then go to McCoy. Um. Do you want to come with me? See if he can't figure why I blocked you...?"

Anna: Anna's mind went to a very strange place before she caught up with the rest of May's sentence, "Er, yeah sure..... I'll be down in the lab anyway - have to bring the book back now I know where it is." She smiled at him, then bent to pick up the book, "So I will see you down there.... Want me to warn McCoy or keep it a secret? I'm good at doing that."

Mayhem: "Um...warn him. I don't want to have to resort to burning his stash of Twinkies." Mayhem smiled. "I'll...see you down there." Gods, he could hardly believe it...didn't dare believe he was cured. But he felt like he was, felt better than ever in fact.

Anna: Anna smiled at him again, "Okay I'll warn him... see you later, May... I'm really happy for you."

Mayhem: Mayhem just beamed before ducking into the bathroom. He stared at himself in the mirror. Ugh, hairy. "Later, Anna!"

[Svartfreja]

Hepzibah: Why was it that no matter what she was doing, she ended up heading towards kitchen? Hepz mused that as she heard voices coming from there. Anna and... her pointed ears perked up! "May?!" She picked up her pace. She hadn't seen him since before his surgery. He'd made it clear he hadn't wanted visitors.

Mayhem: Mayhem was busy building the most epic sandwich ever built in the history of Xavier's. Probably. He was absolutely starving, though McCoy said that that was a residual effect from the regeneration. His hair - still down to his lower back - was up in a ponytail, once again smooth-faced, and babbling at Anna. "...McCoy says it's all back, an' there's absolutely no trace - as if I never had it!"

Anna: Annd grinned, "That's really great, May! I'm so happy for you!" Anna flapped excitedly, eyed the sandwich then decided she was hungry too and bounced over to the fridge. "So what you gonna do now then? Jump off buildings for charity? Climb mountains? Fun run?"

Mayhem: "First, I'm gonna get fit. Back up to bein' healthy, pick up my PK-" He stopped, realising he'd picked up a scent and turning to face it. "Hepz!!" He grinned widely, abandoning the epic sandwich in favour of bounding over to her and hugging her. "Hey Hepzi!!"

Hepzibah: "Oh my God! ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod!!!" Hepz was in stunned disbelief that turned into absolute joy at seeing Mayhem! What had McCoy done?? He looked completely cured, even his hair was back!

Hepzibah: "Mayhem!! Look at you!" She squealed when he picked her up several feet off the ground. "My God!! LOOK AT YOU!!" she beamed, wrapping her arms around him gleefully.

Anna: Anna banged her head on the inside of the fridge in her haste to say hi to Hepzibah, "Ouch!.... Hi Hepz!" She grinned and waved, rubbing her head with her free hand.

Mayhem: Mayhem hugged Hepzibah tighter with a huge grin. "I'm completely cured, Hepzi. Completely in the clean. I've never felt better!!" His tail curled happily as he carted Hepz into the kitchen and put her on the counter. Happy as he was to spread the word, he was really fucking hungry. "Hey, Anna, watch the head."

Hepzibah: Hepzibah laughed as she was carried bodily to the kitchen counter. "Completely cured?? Are you serious?! May, that's fantastic!" Still grinning, she looked at Anna. "Did you hear that?! He's cured!" She watched him pick up the huge sandwich. "And hungry too..."

Anna: Anna grinned at Hepz, "Yes! I know! I was there!" She ducked into the fridge again and pulled out some roast chicken, "Want some chicken in that tower of sandwich, May?" Even if May didn't want chicken the chicken would be eaten. Anna liked chicken.

Mayhem: "Oh gods, y' have no idea, my lovers." Mayhem managed around a bite. "Leave it out, Anna." He swallowed, grinning widely. "Asked Anna to cure me, but she couldn't - got blocked or somethin'. McCoy reckons my body regenerated itself - he's doing some tests on it now." He took another bite.

Hepzibah: She looked between them. She pointed at Anna. "You mean you - ". Then she pointed at Mayhem. "But, then you -" Her face split into another huge, fanged grin. "So, a healing factor?? Like Kyle?" She crinkled her nose at Anna's chicken. "At least this time you're eating that all on your own." She winked.

Anna: "Chicken is amazing, I don't know what you have against it." Anna replied, popping some of the chicken into her mouth as she wandered over to May to get some of what was left of the loaf of bread.

Mayhem: "it looks like it." Mayhem finishing his sandwich and then snagged a bit of Anna's chicken. "Which is great - I mean, he had to...y' know...cut it all off." He blushed - hard. "But it's back now. Like...completely. Same time as my hair too!"

Hepzibah: "No wonder you're so happy..." she mused then realized she'd actually said that out loud. "I mean, um - " If not for her fur she'd have been as red as Mayhem. "So, Anna! How's that sandwich??" she changed the subject awkwardly.

Anna: Anna cracked up and couldn't answer Hepzibah's question. She folded and slid to the floor giggling like a crazy person.

Mayhem: Even Mayhem cracked up at that, despite how hard he was blushing himself, Hepzibah's scent just making it worse. "Yeah...I can actually have fun now." Instead of having to deal with mindgames... He grinned, before making a beeline for the pantry and the stash of English tea that was there. "Um. Anyone want a cuppa?"

Anna: Anna stopped laughing abruptly and sprang up, "TEA! I do!"

Hepzibah: Anna's giggles were contagious. In seconds, Hepz giggled her way off the counter and landed uncerimoniously in the floor. "Ow! My tail!!" She yelped, still laughing.

Mayhem: Mayhem poked his head out of the pantry, locks of hair escaping haphazardly, before grinning at Hepzibah. "Can't be hurt that badly." He backed out with the box. "You want tea as well?" Absently he patted Anna on the head, then offered his hand to Hepzibah. There was something off about her scent, but he couldn't place it, dismissing it for now.

Hepzibah: Mayhem hauled Hepz up out of the floor. In turn, Hepz hauled Anna up. "No thanks. I'll just have some water." She rubbed the kink in her tail for a moment, then ticked it back and forth experimentally. "So, Mayhem, what are you going to do now that you've got a new lease on life??" She winked at Anna and grinned.

Mayhem: "Enjoy it. Completely. Every single moment of it." Mayhem said decisively as he filled up the kettle. "Haven't been able to do anything recently. First thing's first, gonna get back into shape and pick up my PK again. Then...well...I dunno."

Anna: "Have fun! Lots of fun!" Anna bounced excitedly for a moment before she remembered she was making a sandiwch and went back to it.

Hepzibah: Hepz couldn't keep from laughing out loud at Anna's antics. Then she got a curious look. "PK? What's that?" She cocked her head.

Mayhem: Mayhem grinned at Anna. "PK. Parkour. Getting from A to B in the most efficient way possible, usin' only the human body as transport. Freerunning's similar, only more show-off. I do both." He smiled. "I'm a professional, as much as they exist I guess." The kettle clicked and he poured the water into two cups. "Missed doing it an' figured I'd never get to again."

Hepzibah: "That does sound like fun." Not that I'd be any damn good at it anymore. Can't even walk a fence now, let alone free scale - I'd break my neck... She poured herself a glass of water. "So, I guess training starts as soon as McCoy gives his stamp of approval??"

Anna: "Since he's cured he can start whenever." Anna grinned over her shoulder, "Considering his shiny new look, I think it's fairly obvious he's all better."

Mayhem: "What she said." Mayhem finished the tea and slid one over to Anna. "McCoy wants me to take it easy and I don't blame him, so I'm gonna rest up for the next few days. I need to put weight on again anyway or I'm going to do some damage."

Hepzibah: "Shiny new look indeed! I like the hair!" Hepz grinned and reached up to muss his hair a bit. "I think Xavier is going to have to increase the grocery budget around here!" Her tail swished happily as she looked between her friends. This is how things were supposed to be.

Anna: "Mmm extra food...." Anna liked that idea, "I like food. Food is nice." She dumped some sugar into her tea and had a sip, "Yum!" Tea and a chicken sandwich. All was well with the world.

Mayhem: Mayhem purred at Hepzibah playfully, flicking an ear at her. "Well, it's been a good few weeks since the last decent meal I ate. Y' know? ThinK I'm allowed to be a bit hungry. Plus - according to McCoy - it was a big regeneration too."

Hepzibah: "Food is nice?" She laughed, shaking her head at Anna. "And sugar is 'da bomb' it seems. You're gong to be bouncing off the walls!" She motioned Mayhem to the fridge and pantry. "Please, eat us out of house and home! Small price to pay to have you back healthy and whole again." She drank some of her water and poured the rest down the sink.

Anna: "When am I not bouncing off the walls?" Anna blinked at Hepz, "And just what is wrong with that anyway?" She grinned, "Being happy is good! Especially when you could be feeling sad - if you're happy the sad things don't feel so bad. I try to be happy all the time." She nodded and took a bite of her sandwich.

Hepzibah: Hepzibah started to reply then shut her mouth. Anna could make your head spin... Instead, she filled her glass with water, then saluted Anna and May. "Well... I'll drink to that!"

Anna: Anna grinned and raised her mug, "Me too!" She gulped some tea, "Gah hot!" She ran to get some water instead.